Women, marriage and asset inheritance in Uganda
LandLibrary Resource
Reports & Research
Avril, 2011
Ouganda
Afrique
Examines relationships between inheritance, marriage and asset ownership. Land the most important asset in rural Uganda. The majority of couples (both married and those in consensual unions) report owning land jointly. Men who report owning a parcel of land are much more likely than women to say they inherited it. Inheritance not an important means of acquisition of other assets, e.g.