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How a population and housing census can be conducted after an epidemic, pandemic or a national crisis?
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The population and housing census is the entire official process of enumeration of a country's
residents and houses at a specified time. This process includes planning, demographic data
collection, compilation, evaluation, ...
The dynamics of modern method contraception among sexually active unmarried adolescents in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
It is just stating the obvious to aver that young people in all regions are reaching
puberty earlier and are habitually engaging in sexual activity at a younger age, and thereafter,
marrying later. As a result, they are ...
Some Distributive Patterns in the Housing Programme and Subsidies: A situational analysis with special reference to Khayelitsha and other informal settlement in the city of Cape Town.
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The study provides a situational analysis of some distributive patterns in the housing programme and subsidies. The overall research question revolved around the extent to which the post-apartheid housing policy responds ...
Determinants of household access to and perceived quality of water in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Like many African countries, South Africa is challenged with uneven distribution and insufficient access to potable water. The issue of inadequate access to water is more pronounced in the marginalized region where most ...
Religion, education and child immunization in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study examines the relationship between immunization status of children and
religion before and after controlling for other factors such as maternal education in
Ethiopia, a country characterized by highest mortality ...
Determinants of health care use and mothers' preventative and curative health care practices in Burkina Faso
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In about two-thirds of all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, low coverage of effective
interventions to prevent maternal and child deaths has been attributed to both
weaknesses in the supply and demand for health services. ...
Violence against women in Burkina Faso: A quantitative and qualitative study
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Many socio-anthropological and/or quantitative studies have attempted to address the issue of violence against women indirectly by focusing on the perceptions of the actors rather than on the fact of having suffered it ...
Differentials in school attendance in South Africa: A household situational analysis across the Provinces
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The thesis examines the patterns of school attendance across the nine Provinces of South Africa. With reference to individuals of eligible age, school attendance is conceived of three statuses: effective attendance (those ...
Handling heteroskedasticity in the linear regression model
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This research project delves into the problem of heteroskedasticity in the linear regression model. Having
defined the problem and its consequences for estimation and inference, a comprehensive literature
review of ...
Assessing the effect of imbalance correction through oversampling in the prediction of injury prevalence in distance runners
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
Prediction of injury prevalence in distance runners