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The AIDS transition: impact of HIV/AIDS on the demographic transition of black/African South Africans by 2021
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The first two official AIDS cases were diagnosed in South Africa in 1982. During the same period of the 1980s, the black/African population was experiencing an accelerated fertility decline, following a period of accelerated ...
Determinants of contraceptive use among currently married women in Amhara and Oromiya Regions of Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The purpose of this research is to study the effect of different demographic and socio economic factors on the contraceptive use among currently married women of age 15-49 in the two regions of Ethiopia, Amhara (17,214,056) ...
Placing the dead: the spatial distribution and spread of HIV in a major South African city
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The aim of this study was to establish a new understanding of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at the municipal level, but at the same time upholding the anonymity of the HIV infected and AIDS sufferers. Innovative research ...
Quantified assessment to enhance student learning in the sciences at UWC
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
This project discusses whether the British prototype questionnaire called the Assessment Experience Questionnaire (AEQ) could be standardized as a quantifier of assessment and be used at a multicultural institute such as ...
Factors associated with teenage pregnancies and childbearing among girls currently attending high school in South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Teenage pregnancy and childbearing in South Africa are very common and persistent issues.
Despite the different types of birth control methods that the government of South Africa has
provided to the public, teenage pregnancy ...
A matched case control study of the nutritional status of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis free contacts in Delft, Western Cape
(2011)
Background: Malnutrition is a risk factor for the development of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and may be responsible for the premature deaths of patients with active disease. An adequate nutritional status may therefore be ...
Imputation techniques for non-ordered categorical missing data
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Missing data are common in survey data sets. Enrolled subjects do not often have data recorded for all variables of interest. The inappropriate handling of missing data may lead to bias in the estimates and incorrect ...
Participation of African migrants in the labour force of South Africa : are there structural changes from 2001 to 2011?
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This thesis examines the distribution of African migrants across the different segments of the labour force in South Africa. The specific objective of this study is to demonstrate that there has been structural changes ...
Estimation of Pareto distribution functions from samples contaminated by measurement errors
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The intention is to draw more specific connections between certain deconvolution methods and also to demonstrate the application of the statistical theory of estimation in the presence of measurement error. A parametric ...
Trends and determinants of contraceptive prevalence in Namibia: from the 90s to the new millenium
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
Contraception is said to be one of the vital determinants of fertility (Bongaarts, 1978). African nations, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa have a history of high fertility levels and low contraceptive use. However, ...