BY ROSEARY USIDE KONGANI KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS 9/11/2015KNBS1 Integrating Gender Perspective in Statistics 4-7 December 2012 Kampala, Uganda

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 Demographic Characteristics  Education  Labour Force  Household and Housing Amenities  Persons with Disabilities  Conclusions and Recommendations 9/11/2015KNBS3

 The Government’s commitment and efforts to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment are reflected in the ratification of numerous international conventions and instruments such as Convention on ◦ Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), ◦ Beijing Platform for Action, and the ◦ United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, among others 9/11/2015KNBS4 Introduction

 The millennium development goals are internationally agreed upon for social economic development. The status of achieving these goals is highlighted in various chapters of the Gender Dimensions Monograph.  Existing policies and programmes, methodology and conceptual framework. 9/11/2015KNBS5

9/11/2015KNBS6 Source: 2009 Population and Housing Census

 Explores how change in population growth and distribution directly affect the living conditions of people and gives a gender perspective of the major demographic characteristics; fertility, mortality, migration and urbanization.  These demographic factors have profound effects on human development along the lifecycle e.g. age at first marriage, age at first birth etc. 9/11/2015KNBS7

 Education  Labour Force  Household and Asset Ownership  PWDs 9/11/2015KNBS8

9/11/2015KNBS9  Attendance Status  Attainment  Enrolment  Dropout Rate  Never went to school

 GER: Females-109.2, Males (Primary )  NET: Females- 79.7, Males-77.8 “  GER: Females-49, Males-54 (Secondary)  NER: Females-28, Males-23 “ 9/11/2015KNBS10

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9/11/2015KNBS13 Age

9/11/2015KNBS14  The gender gap tends to increase in higher levels of education where females reduce in number.

9/11/2015KNBS15  Economic Status  Employed  Unemployed  Working Children  Economically Inactive

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 Household headship  Marital Status  Economic status ◦ Working ◦ Unemployed ◦ Inactive  Asset Ownership 9/11/2015KNBS17

 Types of disabilities ◦Visual ◦Hearing ◦Speech ◦Physical ◦Mental ◦Self-care ◦Other 9/11/2015KNBS18

9/11/2015KNBS19 Types of Disabilities

 Education Attainment  Primary  Secondary  Higher Education  Economic Status  Working  Unemployed  Inactive 9/11/2015KNBS20

 Radio  TV  Car  Land  Cattle 9/11/2015KNBS21 Analysis based on household headship

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