Situation analySiS

Situation analySiS of Children in uganda 20152.1.3 Child poverty and deprivationIncome poverty contributes to some of the deprivations that children face. However, a childcan be deprived even when the household income is above the poverty line. The SituationAnalysis of Child Poverty and Deprivation in Uganda report measures multidimensionalpoverty and captures deprivation in seven dimensions: nutrition, health, water, education,shelter, sanitation, and information (MoGLSD et al., 2014). This showed that about 55% (3.7million) of Uganda’s under-five children and 38% of 6–17-year-olds are deprived in at leasttwo poverty dimensions. Children aged 0–4 years whose mother has no education are fivetimes more likely to live in extreme poverty than those whose household head has secondaryeducation. Child poverty rates for 0–4-year-olds are highest in West Nile and Karamoja,where 68% are in poverty. For children aged 6–18 years in Karamoja, the percentage ofthose living in extreme poverty is even higher (82%) (MoGLSD et al., 2014). Child povertyis lowest in the south-west of the country where 41% of children below five years live inpoverty. In Kampala, child poverty affects about a fifth of children below five years. The mapin Figure 3 illustrates the disparities in deprivation-based child poverty across the country.fiGure 3: dispArities of child poverty in uGAndAFIGURE 3: dispArities of child poverty in uGAndAsource: ubos And icf internAtionAl, 201224 thE CoUNtry CoNtExt