Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

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The 2002 Population and Housing Censusunemployment rate was lowest amongst persons without secondary education (4 percent) and highestamongst those with post secondary education (7.2 percent).At the time of the 2002 Census, there were 1.1 million Micro Small Enterprises (MSE) in the country,employing 1.7 million people. The majority of the MSEs were in the trade sector.Household and Housing ConditionsThe housing sector recorded a general improvement compared to the situation in 1991. The share ofhouseholds staying in dwelling units with permanent roof materials increased from 40 percent to 56percent while those with permanent wall materials increased from 12 percent to 28 percent and thosewith permanent floor materials increased from 14 percent to 22 percent. Overall 18 percent of thehouseholds were staying in permanent dwellings in 2002.Generally, household welfare was poor particularly in the areas where income poverty is pervasive i.e.the North and East. More than two thirds (68 percent) of the households were dependent on subsistencefarming for a livelihood. About one third of households with children had all children having a separateblanket, less than half of Uganda’s households had members with at least a pair of shoes each. Twentypercent of households had only one set of clothing for each member; three quarters of the householdswere using tadoobas (open paraffin lamp) for lighting.Use of wood fuel for cooking is almost universal as only three percent of the households use other fuels.Three in every five households had access to safe drinking water. Use of safe toilet facilities was notuniversal as thirty percent of the households lacked safe facilities.Special Interest PopulationsThere are various sub-populations that are of special interest because of their potential and orvulnerability. These include children, youths, older persons and persons with disabilities among others.The census showed that there were 13.4 million children (population below 18 years) in 2002, and theseconstituted 56 percent of the total populationThe majority of children lived in households. Out of the 5 million households in Uganda, 3.9 million (78percent) had at least one child. The census further shows that 13 percent of the children were orphans,having increased from 11.6 percent in 1991.Vulnerability is a state where one bears a substantive risk of suffering physical, social, psychological,mental and emotional harm in comparison with other children in the same environment. The Censusshowed that a total of 3.3 million in Uganda were vulnerable. This constituted 24 percent of all thechildren. Of the children aged 12 – 17 years seven percent were child mothers. There were slightly morethan 600,000 children age (5 – 17) years who were working. Despite the existing laws against childlabour, five (5) percent of the working children aged 5 -17 years were child labourers.xiv
Analytical ReportThe total number of older persons (aged 60 years and above) increased from 686,000 persons in 1991to 1.1 million in 2002. About one third of the older persons were literate and 13 percent were working.One in every eight older persons were living alone.Nationally, 4 percent of the population had a disability. The prevalence increased with increasing age.Out of the persons with disabilities, 13 percent had more than one type of disability. About half (45percent) did not receive any rehabilitation. In general households with a PWD had lower welfareindicators compared to those without. Most common disabilities were physical.xv
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