Kalangala short of women
Oct 08, 2002
Men who are looking for wives should better not go to Kalangala, because there is already a severe shortage of women on the Island district.
By Charles Wendo
Men who are looking for wives should better not go to Kalangala, because there is already a severe shortage of women on the Island district.
Though the national census shows that in Uganda females outnumber males by 400,000, the reverse is true in Kalangala and 13 other districts.
Uganda has a total of 12.5 million females and 12.1 million males. In Kalangala, for every 100 women, there are 149 men. This means that 49 out of every 149 men will not get wives unless they share women or search elsewhere.
There are 13 other districts where men outnumber women but unlike Kalangala, the difference is small.In Kiboga there are 104 males to 100 females.
Other districts with more men than women are: Mpigi, Mubende, Nakasongola, Sembabule, Kapchorwa, Moroto, Moyo, Nakapiripirit, Yumbe, Hoima, Kabarole and Masindi.
Six of these districts are in central Uganda, one in eastern, four in northern and three in western.
In some districts, the sex ratio cannot easily be explained while in others it is affected by migrant workers, especially in districts with large-scale fishing or plantations.
“You find so many men in certain places for various reasons. For instance so many men leave their wives at home and move to other places to seek jobs,†says James Mubiru, deputy executive director of the Uganda national Bureau of Statistics.
One would expect that the more women you have in a district, the higher the population growth. But many of the districts where men outnumbered women had some of the highest population growth rates. This is the case with Kalangala, which had the highest population growth rate in Buganda, and the fourth highest nationally.
Moyo registered the second highest growth rate nationally. Masindi had the second highest growth rate in western Uganda. Kapchorwa had the fourth highest growth rate in eastern Uganda. All are no go areas for men who are looking for wives.
The softest ground for wife-seekers is Kisoro. This is where the shortage of men bites hardest. Of the 43 districts where women outnumber men, the gap is widest in Kisoro.
For every 100 women there are 83 men.
This means that out of 100 women, at least 17 will not get men unless they go into polygamous marriages or look beyond district borders.
Other districts where women outnumber men by a fairly wide gap are Kabale, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Kumi, Rukungiri, Arua, Iganga, Busia, Bushenyi, Katakwi, Pallisa, Kanungu, Bugiri, Kayunga, Kamuli and Kampala.
Men who are looking for wives should better not go to Kalangala, because there is already a severe shortage of women on the Island district.
Though the national census shows that in Uganda females outnumber males by 400,000, the reverse is true in Kalangala and 13 other districts.
Uganda has a total of 12.5 million females and 12.1 million males. In Kalangala, for every 100 women, there are 149 men. This means that 49 out of every 149 men will not get wives unless they share women or search elsewhere.
There are 13 other districts where men outnumber women but unlike Kalangala, the difference is small.In Kiboga there are 104 males to 100 females.
Other districts with more men than women are: Mpigi, Mubende, Nakasongola, Sembabule, Kapchorwa, Moroto, Moyo, Nakapiripirit, Yumbe, Hoima, Kabarole and Masindi.
Six of these districts are in central Uganda, one in eastern, four in northern and three in western.
In some districts, the sex ratio cannot easily be explained while in others it is affected by migrant workers, especially in districts with large-scale fishing or plantations.
“You find so many men in certain places for various reasons. For instance so many men leave their wives at home and move to other places to seek jobs,†says James Mubiru, deputy executive director of the Uganda national Bureau of Statistics.
One would expect that the more women you have in a district, the higher the population growth. But many of the districts where men outnumbered women had some of the highest population growth rates. This is the case with Kalangala, which had the highest population growth rate in Buganda, and the fourth highest nationally.
Moyo registered the second highest growth rate nationally. Masindi had the second highest growth rate in western Uganda. Kapchorwa had the fourth highest growth rate in eastern Uganda. All are no go areas for men who are looking for wives.
The softest ground for wife-seekers is Kisoro. This is where the shortage of men bites hardest. Of the 43 districts where women outnumber men, the gap is widest in Kisoro.
For every 100 women there are 83 men.
This means that out of 100 women, at least 17 will not get men unless they go into polygamous marriages or look beyond district borders.
Other districts where women outnumber men by a fairly wide gap are Kabale, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Kumi, Rukungiri, Arua, Iganga, Busia, Bushenyi, Katakwi, Pallisa, Kanungu, Bugiri, Kayunga, Kamuli and Kampala.