Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportTable 9.3 shows that the majority of children (82 percent) in the households were sonsor daughters of the household head or spouse. Those living with other relativesconstitute 16 percent of the child population. Some children take up adultresponsibilities and become household heads in the place of their parents and takecare of their siblings, especially as a consequence of the AIDS pandemic.Approximately 40,000 children were household heads and about twice the numberwere spouses to the head, (together constituting one percent of the population ofchildren).Table 9.3: Percentage Distribution of Children by Living ArrangementsLiving Arrangement Male Female Both SexesHousehold Head 0.4 0.2 0.3Spouse to head 0.1 1.2 0.6Living with a parent(s) 83.0 81.0 82.0Living with another Relative 15.6 16.6 16.1Living with a non relative 0.9 1.0 1.0Total 100 100 1003.9 millionhouseholds had atleast one childeach.9.1.2 Characteristics of Households with ChildrenIt was established from the Census data that out of the 5 million householdsenumerated in 2002, 3.9 million (78 percent) had at least one child (person below 18years of age), with a fairly even distribution across the regions as shown in Table 9.4The highest percentage of households with at least one child was recorded in theNorthern region (83 percent) while the Central region (72 percent) had the lowestproportion.The average size of households with children was 5.5 persons, which was higher thanthe national average of 4.7 persons. Variations by region show that the Northern andEastern regions had the highest average household size for households with children.101