Department of Statistics & Population Studies: Recent submissions
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Stigmatization of and discrimination against people who are HIV positive, or have AIDS – a female perspective in Zwartwater, Eastern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The aim of this study is to investigate the perceived stigmatization of and discrimination against people who are HIV positive or people who are living with AIDS. One questionnaire was used to collect qualitative and ... -
The correlation between the serious diseases affecting child mortality in Sierra Leone
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Child mortality in Sierra Leone is the highest ranked in the world. Government officials and researchers have tried to understand how and why this has become such a big phenomenon in Sierra Leone. Researchers have come up ... -
Profiling the French community in the Western Cape, South Africa : evidences from an innovative survey
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)In South Africa, demographics consequently play a prominent role in public policy and the country (rainbow nation) or often called a World in One Country, provide interesting interactions between the whites, coloured and ... -
Health inequalities of children in sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2010 : comparative analysis using data from Health and Demographic Surveys
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study is based on the assumption that the under-five mortality rate, in recent decades, has declined, particularly in developing countries. However, all the social strata across many countries do not seem to benefit ... -
Factors affecting the enrolment rate of students in higher education institutions in the Gauteng province, South Africa : based on General Household Survey 2012
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Background: In South Africa, many students are not able to register at higher education institutions after receiving their high school diploma. The majority of those who do register do not even complete their tertiary ... -
Reproductive health situation among youth in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Background: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 22.2% of the total population is in the age group of 15 to 24 years. In this country, this population group faces a large number of reproductive health problems. Even ... -
Parametric deconvolution for a common heteroscedastic case
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)There exists an extensive statistics literature dealing with non-parametric deconvolution, the estimation of the underlying population probability density when sample values are subject to measurement errors. In parametric ... -
Being a mother and owning an informal hairdressing business in Cape Town, South Africa : a study on Congolese female migrants
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This study investigates how female migrants negotiate the tension that arises from being entrepreneurs, being mothers, and having families. It shows how entrepreneurship offers them self-emancipation but limits the time ... -
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 ... -
Some non-standard statistical dependence problems
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The major result of this thesis is the development of a framework for the application of pair-mixtures of copulas to model asymmetric dependencies in bivariate data. The main motivation is the inadequacy of mixtures of ... -
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 ... -
Determinants of youth sexual behaviours and knowledge of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Malawi : evidenced from the Demographic Health Survey 2010
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The sexual behaviour of youths is believed to play a role in the spread of SexuallyTransmitted Infections (STIs) and Reproductive Tract Infections (RTIs). This study examinesthe determinants of youth sexual behaviours and ... -
A forgotten diaspora : forced Indian Migration to the Cape Colony, 1658 to 1834
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)This thesis aims to explore Indian forced migration to the Cape Colony from 1658 to 1834. The forgotten diaspora‘ of its title refers to the first Indians who had come to the shores of South Africa, long before the ... -
Public sector spending in Nigeria: implications for poverty, demographic changes and millennium development goals target
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)Over the last two decades, budgetary allocations to both the Health and Education sectors have been on the increase in Nigeria, while a counter-factual feedback on its effects for various economic groups and distributional ... -
An investigation into the health and well-being of older people in South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Populations are rapidly growing older across the globe. In South Africa, life expectancy has been on the increase over the past decade, and the proportion of older people is projected to increase dramatically over the ... -
Socio-demographic analysis of domestic violence against women: evidences from DHS
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The right for every woman to live free of violence is one of the basic human rights. Nevertheless, this right is still subject to violation on a massive and systematic scale around the world. At least one of three women ... -
Female migration and housing in South Africa: evidence from the 2007 community survey
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Throughout the world, growing evidence suggests an increase of female migrants in migration streams. In the context of South Africa, women are not exempted from migration mechanisms. This new migration phenomenon is observed ... -
Assessing the quality of demographic data on age and sex collected from census 2001, General Household surveys (2004-2007), Labour Force surveys (2005-2007) and Community survey 2007 in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)In many countries, an enumeration of all household members remains the most important source of population statistics. According to Statistics South Africa, two population censuses and quite a few household surveys have ... -
Methodological approach of the spatial distribution of maternal mortality in Burkina Faso and explanatory factors associated
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)Maternal mortality is one of the most important problems related to the reproductive health. This is why the reduction by three quarters of maternal mortality by 2015 has been fixed as target No. 5 of the Millennium ... -
Utilization of health care services and maternal education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The importance of maternal health care services cannot be stressed enough. Maternal health services are important in reducing pregnancy-related complications as well as maternal and infant deaths. This study was concerned ...