Analysis of the first nationally representative household survey of Uganda shows that
women-headed households are not poorer when assessed by consumption or income. Nor do they appear
consistently disadvantaged on social indicators. Some subgroups of women-headed households do
have lower economic welfare, including those headed by widows and those in urban areas. Gender
inequalities in educational attainment appears to be the major source of what economic disadvantage
such women-headed households do face. High remittances receipts play a key role in maintaining
economic parity between women and men-headed households.