Ntozi J P
Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Health Transit Rev. 1997;7 Suppl:125-44.
Recently the levels of widowhood have increased in countries of sub-Saharan Africa that are afflicted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This paper reviews the cultures of several societies in Uganda in relation to the treatment of widows. Using a data set based on a sample of 1797 households covering east, south and western Uganda, the study finds higher proportions of widows than widowers. Over half of widowers compared to one quarter of widows remarry. Reasons for remarriages of widowers and widows are discussed. While younger widows migrated from their late spouses' homes more than the older ones, the pattern of the widowers shows that those in age 20-34 migrated most. Deeper analysis indicates that widowed people who moved away from their deceased spouses' homes did so for reasons other than the death of their spouses. The widowers were more likely to move than the widows and the unhealthy ones migrated more than the healthy ones.
最近，在遭受艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情困扰的撒哈拉以南非洲国家，寡妇的数量有所增加。本文回顾了乌干达几个社会中与寡妇待遇相关的文化。该研究使用了一个基于乌干达东部、南部和西部1797户家庭样本的数据集，发现寡妇的比例高于鳏夫。相比四分之一的寡妇，超过一半的鳏夫再婚。文中讨论了鳏夫和寡妇再婚的原因。虽然年轻寡妇比年长寡妇更多地从亡夫家中迁出，但鳏夫的情况表明，年龄在20 - 34岁的鳏夫迁出最多。深入分析表明，那些从亡故配偶家中搬走的丧偶者，其搬走原因并非配偶死亡。鳏夫比寡妇更有可能搬家，不健康的丧偶者比健康的丧偶者搬家更多。
