Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportFigure 8.2: Proportion of Households with all or none of the Basic HouseholdFacilities (Built Kitchen, Built Bathroom and Covered Toilet)403533Percent of Households302520151055201822160Urban Rural TotalHas AllHas None8.4 Household WelfareHousehold welfare is a measure of the quality of life of the household members. Inthis section, household welfare is studied with respect to the source of householdlivelihood, ownership of selected household assets and utilities available to thehouseholds and poverty levels.68 percent of thehouseholdsdepended onsubsistencefarming8.4.1 Source of Household LivelihoodThe majority of the households (68 percent) depended on subsistence farming for alivelihood. About 22 percent of the households were dependent on employmentincome. While subsistence farming was more predominant in the rural areas (77percent), more than two thirds (70 percent) of the households in the urban areasdepended on employment income. Table A1.10 shows that the Northern region hadthe highest proportion of households living on subsistence farming while Centralregion had the lowest.93