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The correlate between fertility and landholding among rural women in kenya: a multivariate analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2013-05)
The present study is an understanding of the relationship that exists between landholding and
the reproductive behaviour of rural women in Kenya. Traditional women have rights to
cultivate land as well as control income ...
Comparing South African financial markets behaviour to the geometric Brownian Motion Process
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
This study examines the behaviour of the South African financial markets with regards to the Geometric Brownian motion process. It uses the daily, weekly, and monthly stock returns time series of some major securities ...
Differentials in school attendance in South Africa: a household situational analysis across the provinces
(2009)
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 ...
Socio-demographic characteristics and HIV testing in Omdurman National Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in Sudan by Reem Mutwali
(UWC, 2008)
The identification of the association between socio-demographic characteristics and HIV was found to be a useful tool in determining the important risk factors in Sudan. In this study, the relationship(s) between HIV test ...
Determinants of female labour force participation in South Africa in 2008
(2009)
South Africa’s female labour supply increased substantially over almost the past two decades. Female labour force participation is an imperative indication of the extent to which females participate in the economic activities ...
Using a weighted bootstrap approach to identify risk factors associated with the sexual activity of entering first-year students at UWC
(2013)
This thesis looks at the effect that the introduction of various techniques
(weighting, bootstrapping and variable selection) has on the accuracy of the
modelling process when using logistic regression. The data used in ...
Household access to water and willingness to pay in South Africa: evidence from the 2007 General Household Survey
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This study assesses the present level of household water access and the willingness to pay in South Africa. Although the general literature informs that progress has been made in positing South Africa above the levels found ...
Statistical modelling of clustered and incomplete data with applications in population health studies in developing countries
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) drafted eight goals to
be achieved by the year 2015, namely: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender ...
The statistical theory underlying human genetic linkage analysis based on quantitative data from extended families
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Traditionally in human genetic linkage analysis, extended families were only used in the analysis of dichotomous traits, such as Disease/No Disease. For quantitative traits, analyses initially focused on data from family ...
Fitting extreme value distributions to the Zambezi river flood water levels recorded at Katima Mulilo in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)
The aim of this research project was to estimate parameters for the distribution of annual maximum flood levels for the Zambezi River at Katima Mulilo. The estimation of parameters was done by using the maximum likelihood ...