Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Analytical ReportTable 3.3: Percentage Distribution of Household Head by Socio-economicCharacteristics and SexSex of Household HeadBackground Characteristics Male Female Both sexesAge of HeadChild (10 – 17 yrs) 0.8 0.9 0.8Adult (18 – 59 yrs) 85.9 73.9 83.1Older Person (60 yrs +) 13.3 25.2 16.0Marital statusNever married 7.8 10.0 8.3Currently married 85.6 27.5 72.2Widowed 2.1 40.2 10.9Divorced/separated 4.5 22.2 8.6Educational AttainmentNone / Never Attended School 18.0 45.6 24.4Primary 55.9 38.7 51.9Secondary 19.1 11.2 17.3Post secondary 7.0 4.4 6.4Activity statusWorking 77.2 61.9 73.6Looking for work 2.8 2.0 2.6Not economically active 20.1 36.1 23.8Total 100 100 1003.1.2 Household SizeThe household size is the number of usual members of the households. However,since the 2002 Census enumerated people where they spent the census night, thehousehold sizes presented refer to the size on the census night.Thirteen percent ofthe householdswere single personTable 3.4 shows that households had widely varying sizes. The single-personhouseholds constituted 13 percent of all households while households with 10 or morepersons constituted six percent. Almost two-thirds of the households had less than sixpersons. Urban areas tend to have smaller households. The proportion of smallhouseholds (less than six persons) was slightly higher in urban areas than in ruralareas while the reverse is observed for the large households with 6 persons or more.23