Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing CensusFigure 7.3: Proportion of the Working Population (14 – 64 Years) who wereengaged in Subsistence farming10080696380797682758676Percent604051442012120.UgandaMaleFemaleUrbanRuralCentralEasternNorthernWestern.No EducPrimarySecondaryTertiaryCharacteristics7.4 UnemploymentIt is believed that since there are no unemployment benefits in Uganda, all able bodiedpersons attempt to do some work. Hence, unemployment is a state of total lack ofwork for those persons who were without work, willing to work but did not do anythingi.e. zero hours in the last 7 days. The questions used in 2002 Census were notdetailed enough to capture the levels of underemployment and therefore thisinformation is not presented in this report.Openunemploymentwas 5 percentFor Uganda as whole, unemployment was five percent (five percent for males andfour percent for females). Among the regions, the Central region had the highestunemployment rate (7 percent) and the least rate was exhibited in the Northern andWestern regions with 3.4 percent. The high rate for Central region is partially due tothe high unemployment rate for Kampala City of 12 percent (Table A1.8). If Kampalais excluded, the rate for Central region reduces to 5.6 percent.Persons withprimaryeducation andno educationhad the lowestUnemploymentRateThe level of education has a direct relationship with the unemployment rate. Thelowest unemployment rate is seen among those with no schooling or with primaryeducation (about 4 percent) while those with post secondary education had thehighest unemployment rate (7 percent). This could be attributed to the fact thatpersons with no formal education may be willing to take on any form of employment.Amongst the population with post primary education, the unemployment rate washigher for women than men.76