Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Determinants of utilization of maternal health care services in Coast Province, Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2008)Proper utilization of maternal health care services is a crucial step towards reduction of maternal mortality. This study sought to examine factors that influence utilization of maternal health services by expectant women ... -
Factors affecting method choice among the current contraceptive users in Kenya: evidence from the Kenya demographic and health survey, 1998.
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1999)The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Contraceptive goals, contraceptive competency, contraceptive evaluations and contraceptive access factors in the current choice of modern over traditional ... -
Determinants of Contraceptive Non-use Among Kenyan Youth
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2002)The study set out to investigate determinants of contraceptive non-use among ever sexually active youth aged 15-20 years in Kenya. Specifically the study sought to determine the demographic, socioeconomic and cultural ... -
Determinants of contraceptive use: a comparison of Central and Coast Provinces in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2004)This study sought to examine comparatively the determinants of current contraceptive use in Central and Coast provinces. The two were chosen based on their contraceptive prevalence rates where Central province had the ... -
Urban Resident's Associations and the Management of Services in Nairobi: A Study of the Karen and Langata District Association (KLDA)
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2003)This study examines the role of residents associations m service provtsion and management, using Karen and Langata District Association (KLDA) as a case study. This is done by searching into the operations of KLDA to ... -
Determinants of contraceptive use in Kisii District
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1991)The purpose of this study is to examine how socio-economic, sociocultural and demographic factors determine contraceptive use in Kisii District. The objective is based on the fact that Kenya launched its family planning ... -
Accessibility and contraceptive use in Kenya.
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1990)The purpose of this study is to examine how availability and accessibility of contraceptive services relate to contraceptive use in Kenya; and also how this use is determined by socio economic and demographic factors_ This ... -
The determinants of poor maternal health care and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Kenya
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Ecological and socio-economic factors influencing smallholder Washington navel orange production in the Southern lowland zone of Machakos district, Kenya
(College of health Sciences, 1991)The main objective of this study was to investigate the ecological and socio-economic factors influencing the production of smallholder Washington Navel oranges in the southern lowland zones of Machakos District. The ... -
Heavy metals in wastes in Mathare Valley and formulation of a waste Management database
(College of Health sciences, 1990)The concentration levels of Cadmium and Lead in garbage waste, water and top soil in Mathare Valley has been investigated using atomic absorption and polarographic techniques. Further to this, a waste management database ... -
Womens labour force participation and fertility in Nairobi
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2001)The past two decades have witnessed notable advances in studies seeking to illuminate potential connections between women's roles and demographic phenomena Whereas in more developed countries, an inverse relationship is ... -
Determinants of contraceptive use in Meru District
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1992)The main objective of this study is to analyze the major demographic, socio-economic and socio-cultural factors that determine contraceptive use in Meru district. The objective is based on the fact that Kenya launched ... -
Sexual debut among young women in Kenya aged 15-24 years
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2010)This study set out to investigate the socio-economic factors closely associated with adolescent age at first sex by using the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2008/9. The main objective of the study is to explore if ... -
Contraceptive use in Nyanza Province
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2001)This study exammes factors that influence contraceptive use in Nyanza province. These include education. employment, religion, ethnicity, exposure to mass media, spousal communication about family planning. age. marital ... -
Education and multiple sexual partnerships: the case of adolescents in informal settlements of Nairobi
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2007)HIVIAIDS prevalence in urban centres has been consistently reported as higher than its prevalence in rural areas and Kenya as a whole. HIVIAIDS prevalence is higher among adolescents than in the general population. Female ... -
Correlates of desired family size among married women in Kenya: evidence from kdhs 2003
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2005)Desired family size has been of interest to both researchers and policy makers because it offers opportunity to estimate fertility preferences. The desire to have a particular number of children has been argued to be ... -
Estimating the contraceptive prevalence required to reach a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.5 by the year 2010 based on the TFR of 4.7 in the year 1998: application of John Bongaarts general model for target setting
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2000)Fertility in Kenya is declining. This is evidenced by the 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) results. The recently released 1998 KDHS report indicates that this trend has continued into the late ... -
Health and demography: a case study of two ante-natal clinics in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1989)The aim of the study is to establish how socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors elate to maternal morbidity. To do that we have used data collected from Pumwani and Mater Hospital ante-natal clinics 1n ... -
A report on Schoolgirl hiv/aids risk perception and sexual behaviour in Korogocho area of Nairobi
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2003)This report sought to establish whether schoolgirls are aware of how vulnerable they are to HIV/AlDS transmission and if they are, whether their sexual behaviour is showing this. In assessing their perception, the study ... -
Breastfeeding and its relation to fertility in Uganda
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1982)This study was undertaken to examine how breastfeeding relates to fertility in Uganda. The objective was based on the fact that family planning programs were introduced to Uganda almost two decades ago. However to date ...
