Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing CensusSummaryThe total number of children increased from 9 million in 1991 to 13.7 million in 2002;the proportion of children in Uganda increased from 54 percent in 1991 to 56 percentin 2002.A total of 3.2 million children were vulnerable at the time of the census. Thirteenpercent of the children were orphans, having increased from 11.6 percent in 1991.About 7 percent of the children aged 5 – 17 years were child labourers. Amongchildren in the same age range, 2 percent had a disability 43 percent of the CWD’shad not received any rehabilitation for the disability at the time of the census. Mostchildren were living in households with at least one child and 42,000 children wereheading households.The proportion of young people aged 10 -30 comprised of 43 percent in 2002 with thefemale youth outnumbering their male counterparts. More than 50 percent of themales were attending school compared to 42 percent of the females.Seventy percent of the working female youth (aged 14 -30) were unpaid familyworkers compared to 27 percent of the males in the same age bracket. Twentypercent of the youth (aged 14 -30) were idle with females being idler than their malecounterparts. Young mothers stood at 18 percent with higher proportions among thosewho had never been to school.The total population of older persons doubled between 1991 and 2002. About 1 inevery 5 of the older persons had a disability while more than 13 percent of olderpersons lived alone.The national disability prevalence rate was 4 percent with the Northern region havingthe highest percentage. The prevalence increased with age. 13 percent of the PWD’shad multiple disabilities. 45 percent did not receive any rehabilitation measures. Ingeneral households with a PWD had lower welfare indicators compared to thosehouseholds without a PWD.124