Access to Basic Necessities and Standard of Living in Bombo, Uganda

ABSTRACT This research was concentrated on the linkage between access to basic necessities and standard of living in Bombo, Uganda. The study objectives were: to find out the demographic characteristics of the respondents, and to determine the level of the respondents’ standard of living in terms of access to education, access to food, and access to health care. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. The study used simple random sampling technique to draw representative samples and 52 respondents were involved in the study. The null hypothesis was intended to investigate whether there was no significant difference between demographic characteristics and standard of living. Similarly, the alternative hypothesis was intended to investigate whether there was a significant difference between demographic characteristics and standard of living. Tables, graphs and pie charts were used to analyze the demographic characteristics and the level of standard of living. On the second objective of finding the level of standard of living, it was found out that the standard of living in terms of access to education, access to food, and access to health care was low. On the third objective, the findings of the study revealed that only age had no significant difference with the standard of living as depicted by the p-value less than 0.05 (p