This presentation provides findings on the Uganda National Panel Survey.

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THE UGANDA
NATIONAL PANEL
SURVEY
Presented by Mr. James Muwonge
26th October 2010

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OUTLINE
„ Background of the study
„ Preliminary findings

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BACKGROUND
„ UBOS is currently implementing the Uganda National
Panel Survey (UNPS) program.
„ The UNPS entails a multi-topic panel household
survey that is carried out annually over a twelve-month
period.
„ The UNPS aims at producing annual estimates of
outcomes and outputs in the key policy areas as well
as providing a platform for the experimentation and
assessment of national policies and programs.

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SURVEY OBJECTIVES
„ To provide information required for monitoring the
National Development Strategy of major programs
„ To provide high quality nationally representative
information on income dynamics at the household
level
„ To provide a framework for policy oriented
analysis and capacity building

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MODULES
„ Socio-economic Module
„ Woman Module
„ Agricultural Module
„ Community Module
„ Price Module

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SURVEY DESIGN
´ The UNPS initial sample targeted 3,220 households,
selected from the 7,426 households visited during the
UNHS 2005/06.
´ This sample will be visited for two consecutive years
(2009/10 and 20010/11) after which parts of the
sample will start to be replaced by new households
extracted from the updated sample frames developed
from the 2012 Census.
´ The UNPS interviews each household twice each year, in
visits six months apart.

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COVERAGE
„ The survey covers all districts in
the country.
The sample provides estimates
The sample provides estimates
at :
at :
• National level
• Rural-Urban level
• Regional level

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Preliminary
Findings

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„ Teacher Characteristics
„ Teacher Absenteeism
„ Health worker Characteristics
„ Health worker Absenteeism
„ Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

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Primary Teacher qualification by School
ownership (%)
22
18
74
66
4
16
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Government Schools Other schools
Grade V Grade III Untrained/Unlicensed

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Primary Teacher qualification by grade
category (%)
47
61
31
48 50
29 29 31
40
25
36
42
24
8
29 27
14
29
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Grade V Grade III Untrained Grade V Grade III Untrained
Lower primary Middle Primary Upper primary
Government schools Other schools

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Teacher Absenteeism rate (%)
7
21
7
19
13
21
22
11
18
7
21
9
0 5 10 15 20 25
Other Schools
Government
Schools
Lower primary Middle primary Upper primary Male Female Uganda

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Reasons for Absenteeism (%)
31
3
2
2
8
20
32
0
0
0
0
33
3
4
28
21
1
11
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Other
Annual leave
Training
Collecting Salary
Maternity leave
Sick
On school errand
Absent without reason
Teacher at school premises
Government schools Other schools

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Health Centre II Workers by ownership
(%)
14
6
47
29
2
22
1
56
19
3
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Labaratory
Technician
Health assistant
Nursing aide/
assistant
Enrolled nurse
Enrolled midwife
Government Others

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Health Centre III Workers by ownership
(%)
10
5
34
21
19
12
18
1
49
17
9
5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Laboratory technician
Health assistant
Nursing aide/ assistant
Enrolled nurse
Enrolled midwife
Clinical/medical officer
Government Others

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Government Health Worker Absenteeism (%)
46
71
46
43
58
47
45
60
37
51
43
55
46
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Laboratory technician
Health assistant
Nursing aide/ assistant
Enrolled nurse
Enrolled midwife
Clinical/medical officer
Uganda
HC II HC III

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Reasons for Health worker Absenteeism (%)
9
0
1
1
3
3
6
7
13
37
1
0
1
1
4
4
6
8
8
12
35
10
9
1
10
9
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Other
Being trained
Picking up salary
Lack of accommodation
Picking up drugs/supplies
At HSD/DHO/MOH
At workshop
Conducting outreach
Working at another job
Sick
Annual/maternity leave
Absent without reason
Off-duty/night duty
HC II HC III

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