Youthful Population - Uganda

Question 1

Percentage of population under 15

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

Corporation tax rate in Uganda

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

Type of dependents in Uganda

Answer 3

Young dependants

Question 4

Total fertility rate in Uganda

Answer 4

6.7 children per woman

Question 5

Problems caused by youthful popualtion

Answer 5

• increase in crime
• demand on food
• low amount of economically active
• ## higher tax rate to facilitate for these children

Question 6

Contraception prevalence rate in Uganda

Answer 6

16%

Question 7

What is contraception prevalence rate?

Answer 7

The amount of people practicing using contraception during sexual intercourse.

Question 8

Main cause of high birth rate and fertility rates:

Answer 8

Teenage pregnancies are common and hence cause more babies to be born than if the women was later in her life.

Question 9

Amount of people in Uganda living with HIV

Answer 9

1,400,000 to 1,800,000 people

Question 10

Amount of deaths in 2014 due to HIV

Answer 10

33,000 people

Question 11

Orphans due to aids killing their parents in Uganda

Answer 11

650,000 children

Question 12

Increase in fertility rate means:

Answer 12

Increased strain on health services to ensure that the baby survives the first year of it life as this is the most crucial part.

Question 13

Increased amount of young people means:

Answer 13

Increased strain on educational services such as schooling and tutoring.

Question 14

The amount of children in school in Uganda is expected to raise from_________ (in 1991) to ___________ in 2021

Answer 14

3.3 million children in education to 7.2 million children in school

Question 15

Uganda is a country which specializes in which two types of work

Answer 15

Agricultural and informal work

Question 16

Expected work force in Uganda in 2021

Answer 16

16.8 million people

Question 17

Very few Ugandans have access to:

Answer 17

Appropriate housing
Clean water
Electricity
Toilets (well developed sewage systems)

Question 18

This high amount of children will soon lead to:

Answer 18

Strains on services
Desertification
Overcrowding
Slums and squatter settlements being made
Increase in crime