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Gender in the Uganda 2006 DHS


Background Characteristics Female Male
Illiteracy
Population age 15-49 that cannot read at all (%) 39 16
Educational Attainment
Population age 20-24 that has completed secondary or higher education (%) 8 11
Exposure to mass media
Population age 15-49 that are not regularly exposed to any media (%) 25 11
Early Marriage
Population age 20-49 that was married by age 18 (%) 53 9
Age at first sexual intercourse
Population age 20-49 that had sexual intercourse by age 15 (%) 24 10
Fertility and Family Planning Female Male
Total fertility rate
Number of births a woman would have in her lifetime if fertility levels remain constant at those observed in the 5 years before the survey 6.7 n/a
Early child bearing
Women age 15-19 who have begun childbearing (%) 25 n/a
Fertility desires
Mean ideal number of children among population age 15-49 5.0 5.7
Contraceptive use
Currently married women age 15-49 currently using a modern method of contraception (%) 18 -
Employment Female Male
Work
Population age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey who are currently employed(%) 81 94
Work for cash
Population age 15-49 earning cash among those employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) 1 21 -
Occupation
Population age 15-49 employed in:
professional, technical, or managerial occupations (%) 3 5
all non-agricultural occupations (%) 24 32
Decision on use of earnings
Women age 15-49 with no control over their own earnings among those employed for cash (%) 13 n/a
Women's Empowerment Female Male
Decision making
Currently-married women age 15-49 who alone or jointly have the final say, and currently-married men age 15-49 who believe that women alone or jointly should have final in the following decisions (%):
own health care 61 -
making large purchases 51 29
making daily purchases 65 73
visits to friends or relatives 64 40
what food to cook - -
none of the decisions 19 5
Gender-role attitudes
Population age 15-49 who agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife if (%):
she burns the food 23 14
she argues with him 40 36
she goes out without telling him 52 40
she neglects the children 56 44
she refuses to have sex with him 31 19
Domestic Violence Female Male
Physical violence
Population age 15-49 who have experienced violence by anyone (%):
since age 15 60 53
in past 12 months 34 20
Currently married and divorced or separated population age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual violence by their husband or partner (%):
ever 59 24
in the 12 months preceding the survey 45 15
Children Female Male
School attendance
Primary school age population (6-12 years) that is attending primary
school (%)
81 82
Secondary school age population (13-18 years) that is attending secondary school (%) 16 16
Treatment for children who are ill
Children age 0-59 months who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who:
were taken to a health facility or provider (%) 69 71
received no treatment (%) 17 16
Children age 0-59 months for whom treatment was sought among those who had fever or symptoms of ARI:
in the two weeks preceding the survey (%) 71 76
Vaccination
Children age 12-23 months who:
have not received any required vaccinations (%) 7 7
have received all required vaccinations (%) 47 46
Vitamin A supplementation
Children age 6-59 months who received vitamin A supplements in the six months preceding the survey (%) 36 37
Breastfeeding
Children age 0-59 months who were ever breastfed (%) 99 98
Children age 0-6 months who were breastfed six or more times in the 24 hours preceding the survey (%) 96 96
Nutritional status
Children age 0-59 months who are:
stunted (%) 36 41
underweight (%) 14 17
Children age 6-59 months who are
anemic (%) 70 75
Mortality
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births 132 165
HIV/AIDS Female Male
HIV Prevalence
Population age 15-49 that tested HIV positive (%) - -
Knowledge of HIV prevention
Population age 15-49 that knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS (%):
using condoms 70 84
limiting sex to one uninfected faithful partner 89 95
abstaining from sex 86 93
Population age 15-49 that knows that a healthy looking person can:
have the AIDS virus (%) 85 90
Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex2
Population age 15-49 that engaged in higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) 16 36
Population age 15-49 that used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) 35 57
Household Headship Female Male
Households by sex of the household head (%) 30 70

1 Cash only
2 Higher risk sex is sex with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner

* For definitions and detailed information see the final report of the Uganda 2006 Demographic and Health Survey

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