Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Analysis of Regional Proximate Determinants of Fertility in Kenya
(School of Business, 2008)This study set out to analyze regional fertility variations in Kenya focusing on the proximate determinants using the 2003 KDHS. The four proximate determinants by Bongaarts are: nonmarriage, contraceptive use, sterility ... -
Covariates of neonatal mortality in Kenya
(University of NairobiPopulation Studies and Research Institute,, 2007)The study seeks to establish covariates of neonatal mortality in Kenya. The main study objective was to establish factors that influence neonatal mortality in Kenya. Data for this study was drawn from the Kenya ... -
The effect of utilization of maternal health care services on neonatal mortality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi .Population Studies and.Research Institute,, 2002)The study seeks to determine the effect of utilization of maternal health care services on neonatal mortality in Kenya. Furthermore, the study determines the level and differentials in neonatal mortality, in Kenya. ... -
An evaluation of the preceding birth technique using the 1998 KDHS data
(University of NairobiDepartment of Population Studies, 2005)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preceding birth technique and to see whether the results obtained can be compared to those derived using the Coale Trussell and the direct life table ... -
Estimation of maternal mortality using an indirect method
(School of Business, 2001)The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal mortality as a death during pregnancy or within 42 days afterward, from causes related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management. At least 600,000 women die ... -
Factors Affecting Infant Mortalirty in Kenya
(University Of NairobiPopulation Studies And Research Institute, 2001)The study set out to investigate factors affecting infant mortality in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to determine the effects of selected socio-economic, socio-cultural environmental and biological/behavioural ... -
Effects of socioeconomic factors on fertility in Kenya
(School of Business, 2010)The study was aimed at investigating the influence of a number of socioeconomic factors on fertility in Kenya. It specifically examined the effect of level of education, wealth status, type and region of residence, and ... -
Childhood Diseases Nutritional Status And Child Mortality Differentials In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Population Studies and Research Institute, 2003)The study seeks to establish the linkages between childhood diseases nutritional status and childhood mortality. Childhood diseases here are represented by diarrhoea, fever (Malaria) and Acute ... -
Morbidity and mortality situation in Makongeni Estate, Thika Municipality
(Institute of population Studies and research, 1997)The aim of the study was to investigate morbidity situations in Makongeni Estate in Thika Municipality and also estimate the mortality levels by causes of death and how they compare with the rest of the Municipality. The ... -
External dependence and national urban development policy: a structural analysis of graduate unemployment in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1983)This study examines the attempts by the government of Kenya to develop and implement policies directed toward the problem of urban unemployment. specifically, it focuses upon two policy areas directly related to urban ... -
Export promotion in the less developed countries:a case study of India
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An assessment of factors determining demand for raw materials in food processing firms: a case of soybeans in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2013-05-21)This study assesses the factors determining demand for raw materials in food processing firms. The overall objective of the study was to assess the determinants of demand for soybean as a raw material in food processing ... -
Employment potential in urban informal sector: a case study of garages in Nairobi
(Arts-economics, 1989)Employment promotion plays a central role in promoting a country's development goals. It links economic growth and distribution of income with alleviation of poverty. In an effort to solve the unemployment problem many ... -
Employment, technology, and industrialization in Kenya: A study in development strategy
(University of Nairobi.Faculty Of Claremont Graduate School, 1973)In the recent past, the mode of job creation in Kenya has been very capital expensive--capital labour ratio being several times larger than capital per head of population. The result is that the rate of growth in ... -
The development of a cost-effective extension service for small business; a Kenya experiment
(1974)The·objective of the work is to examine the hypothesis that individual extension services are ne cessary for proraot.ing the development of small business in general, ·and small scale retailers in particular, and that ... -
Assessing the response of contract tobacco farmers to the British American Tobacco (BAT) company reforestation programme in Oyani, Migori District
(Arts-Development studies, 2007)This study sought to assess the response of the contract tobacco fanners to the British American Tobacco Company Reforestation Programme in Oyani Area, Migori District. The study approached reforestation in Oyani as a ... -
Costs, constraints and imperfections: an anlysis of supply in the Kenya Building Industry
(University of Nairobi.Department of Economics, University of London, 1972-05)The Building industry plays a key role in the process of economic development. Analysis of the industry in Kenya however, a few years after independence, revealed a number of serious weaknesses in supply, causing a rapid ... -
Cotton production in Busia district in the 1970’s : a case study of economics factors limiting production in south Teso locations
(Arts-economics, 1979)Busia district is one of the leading cotton producing districts in Kenya. Since independence over 30% of Kenya's total cotton production has come from this district. Cotton production in Busia increased at a record ... -
Mortgaging children's lives through work: a case study of child entertainers in the tourism industry at the Kenyan north coast.
(Arts-Development studies, 2010)Kenya has a long Coast line with beautiful sandy beaches that are very attractive mostly to tourists. In a bid to attract and retain more people who come, different types of entertainment activities mainly directed to ... -
The process of monetization: a case study of Kenya. 1922 - 1972
(1976)The study is about monetary influences on the development process. In terms of modern money, Kenya has one of the youngest monetary systems in the world. And over the last fifty years the system has been transformed ...
