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Contraception and unmet-needs in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
The first objective of this study is to show if diffusion of contraception in areas of traditional high fertility has gone through profound changes. Indeed, we would like to know if contraceptive behaviours have evolved ...
A framework for evaluating an introductory statistics programme at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
There have been calls both from the government and private sector for Higher Education institutions to introduce programmes that produce employable graduates whilst at the same time contributing to the growing economy of ...
Differentials in unemployment duration across households in South Africa: A two-level modelling approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study aimed to examine the structural changes affecting the duration of unemployment across households in South Africa. It made use of existing datasets from the Labour Force Survey produced by Statistics South Africa, ...
Developing a model of school climate unique to secondary schools in South Africa: A multilevel analysis approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The educational landscape in South Africa is unique and has also seen many changes since the dawn of democracy more than 20 years ago. The apartheid education system was marred by severe inequalities between schools and, ...
Fostering collaboration amongst business intelligence, business decision makers and statisticians for the optimal use of big data in marketing strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The aim of this study was to propose a model of collaboration adaptable for the optimal use of big data in an organisational environment. There is a paucity of knowledge on such collaboration and the research addressed ...
Proximate determinants of fertility and contraceptive use among currently married women in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Fertility is one of the elements in population dynamics that has significant contribution
towards changing population size and structure over time. In Ethiopia, fertility dropped only
slightly between 2000 and 2005, from ...
Challenges of postgraduate students at the University of the Western Cape 2009 - 2013
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
In South Africa, postgraduate education is a catalyst in national development and poverty alleviation that is widely acknowledged by the state and higher education institutions, such as the University of the Western Cape ...
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 ...
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 ...
Assessment of the potential of hospital birth records to estimate the number of births: A case study of Germiston and Nkomazi Local Municipalities
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The advantage of a well-developed health information system is the significant role played by records produced by such a system beyond recording medical history of individuals. They are the foundation for birth registrations ...