Department of Statistics & Population Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Fertility trends and determinants among women of childbearing age (15-49): A comparative study of South Africa and Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Fertility behavior in women plays a vital role in society. Fertility, mortality and migration are directly related to the population growth in society and its performance. Fertility refers to births by women in the ... -
The AIDS transition: Impact of HIV/ AIDS on the demographic transition of black/ African South Africans by 2021
(University of 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 ... -
Fitting extreme value distributions to the Zambezi River flood water levels recorded at Katima Mulilo in Namibia (1965-2003)
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This study sought to identify and fit the appropriate extreme value distribution to flood data, using the method of maximum likelihood. To examine the uncertainty of the estimated parameters and evaluate the goodness of ... -
Estimation of Pareto Distribution Functions from Samples Contaminated by Measurement Errors
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Estimation of population distributions, from samples that are contaminated by measurement errors, is a common problem. This study considers the problem of estimating the population distribution of independent random ... -
African female migrants and housing acquisition in South Africa: A comparison between 2001 and 2011 Population Census
(University of Western Cape, 2021)African female migrants make up a large portion of the population in general and in South Africa in particular. This includes both the documented and the undocumented female migrants. Nonetheless, they are confronted with ... -
Factors associated with land acquisition for food production among small-scale farmers in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of land tenure, agricultural activities involvement, and the use of agricultural products and stock keeping among small-scale farmers across all nine provinces of ... -
Development of a challenger price sensitivity model to improve Santam's new business optimisation framework
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Site selection and community participation in the development of Gracilaria Gracilts (stackhouse) steentoft, irvine and farnham mariculture in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)The seaweed Gracilaria gracilis has been shown in previous studies to have potential for mariculture along the West Coast of South Africa. However, the selection of suitable sites is crucial for the success of a farming ... -
Evaluation of computer-based tutorials at UWC: Perceptions, advantages and challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2003)This is an exploratory study that aims to find out how computer-based tutorials can be conducted effectively for large first year Statistics classes. The study focuses on the student's perceptions, advantages of being able ... -
Differing patterns of international migration in Southern Africa: A regional analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The study analyses the changing patterns of international migration within the Southern African region. Topics surrounding migration are rapidly gaining importance, especially in the context of regional integration. Past ... -
Demographic aspects of migrants’ access to drinkable water in South Africa: Insight from the 2011 census
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The issue of migrants’ access to drinkable water is a developmental issue. From a fundamental research view point, this study aims to explore the circumstances in which migrants access water across metropolitan and ... -
Supportive socio-economic conditions to achieve a successful demographic dividend in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)One of the population structures associated with demographic dividend is “demographic transition”, which is a shift from high fertility and mortality to low fertility and mortality. It is understood that low dependency ... -
Supportive socio-economic conditions to achieve a successful demographic dividend in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)One of the population structures associated with demographic dividend is “demographic transition”, which is a shift from high fertility and mortality to low fertility and mortality. It is understood that low dependency ...