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Preface.................................................................................................i
Foreword..............................................................................................ii
Table of Contents..................................................................................v
List of Tables.......................................................................................ix
List of figures......................................................................................xii
1. SOME METHODOLOGICAL DETAILS ON THE 2002 CENSUS
OF RWANDA. ........................................................................... 1
1.1 : Overview of data collection and processing aspects ........................... 1
1.2 : Evaluation of Census coverage and of the quality of data.................... 2
2. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION ............................ 3
2.1 : Resident Population by Province ................................................... 3
2 .1.1:The distribution of the population by province ................................... 3
2.1.2 : Evolution of population in the provinces ......................................... 3
2.2 : Population Density ...................................................................... 5
2.2.1 : Population densities in Rwanda in 2002 ........................................... 5
2.2.2 : Evolution in population densities by province between 1978 and 2002.... 5
2.3 : Resident Population according to place of residence ......................... 7
2.3.1 : Overall situation ......................................................................... 7
2.3.2 : Urban population growth .............................................................. 8
3 . THE SEX AND AGE STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION ................... 10
3.1 : The Sex and Age Structure - Analysis of Sex Ratios ......................... 10
3.2 : The Age Structure of the population. .............................................. 11
3.2.1 : Population Age Pyramids : In Five-Year Age Groups ......................... 12
3.2.2 : Population structure according to conventional broad age groups ......... 14
3.2.3 : Mean and Median Ages of the Population ........................................ 15
4. THE DYNAMICS OF THE POPULATION OF RWANDA: ......................... 17
4.1 : The evolution of the population of Rwanda ....................................... 17
4.2 : Marital Status and Nuptiality .......................................................... 18
4.2.1 : The Marital Status distribution of the Population ................................. 18
4.2.2 : Nuptiality of never married persons.................................................. 19
4.3 : Levels and Trends of Fertility ......................................................... 20
4.3.1 : Cumulated Fertility - Children ever born (Mean Parities) ..................... 20
4.3.2 : Crude Birth Rate and Current Fertility ............................................. 21
4.4 : Levels and Trends of Mortality ....................................................... 24
4 .4.1: Levels of Infant and Child mortality ................................................ 24
4.4.2 : Levels of overall mortality.............................................................. 26
4.4.2.1 :The Life Table of Rwanda in 2002 ................................................. 26
4.4.2.2 : Crude Death Rates for Rwanda.................................................... 28
4.5 : Migration Trends in Rwanda ........................................................ 30
4.5.1 : Resident population by migratory status (lifetime migration) ............. 30
4.5.2 : Resident population by migratory status (recent migration) .................. 30
4.5.3 : Origin of migrants ....................................................................... 30
a. Origin if lifetime migrants ........................................................... 30
b. Origin of recent migrants ........................................................... 32
4.5.4 : Place of Destination of Migrants .................................................... 34
a. Place of Destination of lifetime migrants ...................................... 34
b. Place of destination of recent migrants in Rwanda .......................... 36
5 . SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION ....... 37
5.1 : Introduction ............................................................................... 37
5.2 : Religious Affiliation of the Population .............................................. 39
5.3 : Languages Spoken by the Population ............................................. 41
5.4 : Population Structure by Nationality ................................................. 43
6. LITERACY AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE POPULATION ................................................................ 45
6.1 : Introduction ................................................................................. 45
6.2 : Level of literacy ........................................................................... 46
6.3 : School Attendance ....................................................................... 47
6.3.1 : The population which has ever attended/is attending school ................. 47
6.3.2 : Schooling rates ........................................................................... 49
6.3.3 : Highest Level of Education Attained ................................................. 50
7. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
POPULATION OF RWANDA ......................................................... 51
7.1 : Introduction ................................................................................ 51
7.2 : Characteristics of the Active and Inactive Population .......................... 51
7.2.1 : Economic dependency ratios ......................................................... 53
7.3 : Characteristics of the Economically Active and Employed population...... 54
7.3.1 : The Type of Employment ............................................................... 55
7.3.2 : Economic Activity Status ............................................................... 56
8. CHARACTERISTICS OF ORDINAIRY HOUSEHOLDS IN RWANDA 58
8.1 : Introduction ................................................................................ 58
8.2 : The total number of ordinary households and the population
living in them .............................................................................. 59
8.3 : The Size of Ordinary Households ................................................... 59
8.4 : Access to the Status of head of Household in Rwanda ........................ 60
8.5 : The composition of ordinary households ........................................... 62
8.6 : The Typology of Households .......................................................... 63
9. CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSING IN RWANDA AND LIVING CONDITIONS....... 66
9.1 : The Distribution of Housing Units by the type of Housing...................... 66
9.2 : The distribution of housing units by type of housing Structure ............... 67
9.3 : The distribution of households by type of roof........................................ 67
9.4 : The distribution of households by type of materials for the outside walls.. 68
9.5 : Materials for the Floor .................................................................. 69
9.6 : The Size of housing units............................................................... 69
9.7 : Main Source of Water Supply.......................................................... 70
9.8 : The Main Source of Energy for Lighting. .......................................... 71
9.9 : Main source of energy for cooking................................................ 72
9.10 : The type of Toilet Facilities............................................................. 73
9.11 : The mode of occupancy of the housing units .....................................74
9.12 : Availability of equipment for receiving information............................... 75
9.13 : Availability of equipment for communication.......................................75
9.14 : Availability of a means of transport (vehicle, motorcycle, bicycle).................. 76
10. THE STANDARD OF LVING OF THE POPULATION ....................... 78
10.1 : The Standard of Living by province and by rural/urban residence ........ 78
10.1.1 : The variation in the standard of living of households by province ........ 78
10.1.2 : Variation of the Household Standards of Living by Place of Residence... 78
10.2 : Characteristics of household heads by standard of living
category of their households ........................................................ 79
10.2.1 : Standard of living by level of education of household head ................. 79
10.2.2 : The impact of the standard of living of the household on
primary school attendance .......................................................... 81
10.2.3 : Household Living Standards and Economic Activity .......................... 82
10.2.4 : Standard of Living by Sector of Activity of the Household Head ........... 83
11. CHARACTERISTICS OF VULNERABLE PERSONS IN RWANDA .......... 84
11.1 : The Population of Handicapped Persons ...................................... 84
11.1.1 : The Size and Distribution of Handicapped Persons .......................... 85
11.1.2 : The level of incapacitation among the population ............................. 86
11.1.3 : Variation in the Rates of incapacitation by certain
characteristics of the Population ................................................... 87
11.1.4 : Characteristics of Handicapped persons ........................................ 89
11.1.5 : Types and Causes of incapacitation .............................................. 90
11.1.6 : Living Conditions of Handicapped persons ...................................... 91
11.2. : The Population of Elderly Persons ................................................ 92
11.2.1 : Demographic characteristics of elderly persons in Rwanda ................. 92
11.2.2 : Sociocultural Characteristics of elderly persons ................................ 94
11.2.3 : Socio-economic Characteristics of elderly persons in Rwanda. ............ 95
11.2.4 : Living Conditions in Households headed by Elderly Persons ............... 95
11.3. :The Population of Children in Rwanda in 2002 ................................. 97
11.3.1 :The size and structure of the population of children .......................... 97
11.3.1.1. : The size of the population ....................................................... 97
11.3.1.2 : The relationship of children to the heads of households ................. 97
11.3.1.3. : Structure by functional age groups ............................................ 98
11.3.2. : The dynamics of the child population in Rwanda ......................... 99
11.3.2.1. : Marriage among adolescents ................................................... 100
11.3.2.2. : Fertility among adolescents ..................................................... 100
11.3.2.4. : Mortality and survival of children ............................................... 100
11.3.2.5. : Migration of children .............................................................. 100
11.3.3. : Child development in Rwanda .................................................. 100
11.3.4. : Children and participation in economic activity ............................101
11.3.5. : The Situation of Vulnerable Children in Rwanda ........................... 101
11.4. : The Population of Women in Rwanda in 2002 .............................. 103
11.4.1. : The Size and Distribution of the female population ........................ 103
11.4.2. : Dynamics of the female population in Rwanda ............................. 103
11.4.2.1 : Marital status and Fertility .................................................103
11.4.2.2 : Mortality levels among women ................................................ 104
11.4.2.3 : Migration of Women in Rwanda .............................................. 105
11.4.3. : Literacy and educational level of Women .................................... 106
11.4.4. : Participation in economic activity among women .......................... 107
11.4.5. : Sociocultural characteristics of the female population .................... 107
11.4.6. : Women in vulnerable situations in Rwanda ................................. 108
11.4.6.1 : Handicapped women ............................................................ 108
11.4.6.2.: Widowed Women ................................................................108
11.4.6.3.: Elderly Women ................................................................108
11.4.6.4.: Female Heads of Households in Rwanda .................................. .......109
11.4.7. : Living Conditions in housing units headed by women ..........................110
12. POPULATION PROJECTIONS ............................................................111
12.1. : Introduction ................................................................111
12.2. : Assumptions underlying the projections ......................................111
12.2.1. : Fertility assumptions ........................................................111
12.2.2. : Mortality assumptions ........................................................112
12.2.3. : Migration assumptions ........................................................113
12.3. : Summary of the expected population up to the year 2022 ................ 114
12.3.1. : Trends in the evolution of the total population ..............................114
12.3.2. : Trends in the evolution of the urban and rural population ................. 114
12.3.3. : Trends in the evolution of the population in the provinces ............... 115
12.3.4. : Trends in the evolution of the population of school children .............. 116
12.3.5. : Trends in the evolution of the economically active population ........... 116
12.3.6. : Trends in the evolution of ordinary households .............................. 117
12.4. : Possible consequences of the future evolution of the population ....... 117
12.4.1. : he relatively high fertility and mortality levels ...........................117
12.4.2. : The rapid rates of urbanization ..............................................117
12.4.3. : The development of the country's human resources ...................... 117
12.4.4. : Creation of jobs outside the agricultural sector of the economy ......... 118
12.4.5. : Tackling the problem of underemployment and of the quality
of the manpower ...............................................................118 |
