Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Influence of religion and education on current family size and fertility preference in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 1982-12)This dissertation is a work about the effects of education and religion on the current family size and the fertil ity preferences on the Kenyan women. It util izes the method of path analysis and multiple regression to ... -
The capital goods and spare parts industries: A case study of electric motor reconditioning and manufacture in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics,, 1982)In this study the electric motor rewinding sub-sector of the Kenyan industry is examined together with the possibilities of manufacturing small electric motors in Kenya. A substantive finding is that capacity ... -
Regional disparities in economic development : the Kenyan experience
(Arts-economics, 1985)This is a country study. Our concern is with regional disparities in economic development of Kenya. The study attempts to delineate the trends of regional inequalities l« among Kenya's eight regions. This is done by ... -
Age at first birth and age at first marriage:A study of adolescent fertility in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1981-07)This study was designed to examine the relationship between the event of first birth and first marriage among a sample of adolescent women in Kenya. The study used data from the Kenya Fertility Survey which is a component ... -
Traditional justice systems and sexual violence: A case study of Nubians in Kibera, Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2010-11)Sexual violence remains a public health concern and human rights violation. Various interventions and reforms have come up targeting the health sector and criminal justice system, in response to the needs of survivors ... -
Production functions as instruments of Lake Victoria inshore fishery management
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Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty: drivers and maintainers of chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba district
(Arts-Development studies, 2008)This study is about Nile perch market liberalization and chronic poverty among fishing community in Suba District. It identifies the socio economic characteristic of chronically poor households among Nile perch fisher ... -
Contract farming : A comparative study of smallholders in the Mumias area of Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Geographical Sciences, 1987)The increasing interest in and incidence of contract farming, organised by the peripheral state and international agribusiness and financed by the international lending and aid agencies, has created a debate as to ... -
The political economy of farm credit in kenya
(1977)Farmer access and financial performance are used as criteria to evaluate major farm credit schemes and lenders within the formal sector in Kenya. A non-mathematical model is constructed to demonstrate the interaction ... -
Commercialization of urban water supply in Kenya: The case of Eldoret town
(University of Nairobi.Institute for Development Studies, 2006)This study investigates the effects of commercialization on water service delivery in Eldoret town. It builds on the premise that commercialization is a viable institutional arrangement ... -
An evaluation of a public enterprise: the pyrethrum board of Kenya
(Arts-economics, 1979)Public enterprises in developing countries have often been criticised for inefficiency. This study attempts to analyse the efficiency with which the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, one of the most important public enterprise in ... -
Factors influencing membership in Community based health insurance schemes: The case of PCEA Chogoria Hospital Akiba Health Fund in Meru South District
(University of Nairobi.Institute for Development studies, 2005)The introduction of user fees in health facilities in the 1980's led to increased cost of health care reducing health care access to populations. This resulted in deterioration of quality and quantity of health care and ... -
Institutional constraints affecting farmers' access to production services in small-scale irrigation schemes in Kenya: the case of the Yatta Cana in Machakos District
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 2005)This study is a bout institutional constraints a ffecting farmers' access to production services in Yatta canal, Machakos District. The production services studied are; fertilizer, pesticides, seed and ... -
The effect of child labour on primary school enrolment and attendance: The Case of Mfang'ano Division, Suba District
(University of Nairobi.Institute for Development studies, 2005-11)The study examines the effect of child labour on primary school enrolment and attendance in Mfang'ano Division Suba District after the introduction of the free primary education in in 2003... -
The role of women in the democratization process: a case study of Kenya 1990-2002
(University of NairobiInstitute of Anthropology,Gender and African studies, 2008)It is clear from the responses that women's leadership in Kenya is still held captive in the patriarchal cauldron in which most Kenya communities find themselves. A glance at available statistics on women's representation ... -
The impact of inter-state relations on the use of the PTA clearing house
(Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Nairobi, 1992)African integration systems are aimed at promoting economic development through both political and economic means by bringing together of hitherto autonomous regions or countries into an integrated whole. Usually ... -
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(1989-05)This study investigates the relationship between fertility and child mortality in Kwale district. Our first objective was to estimate the total fertility rate (TFR), the mean closed birth interval (MCBl) and child ... -
The estimation of nuptiality using census data for Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1985-09)This study set to estimate Nuptiality for Kenya using census data. The discussion is conducted at the levels, first at macro (national) level to examine the appropriateness of applying four alternative methods of refining ... -
The development and function of industrial arbitration in the Non-governmental sector in Uganda 1943-1969
(University of Nairobi., 1972-02)Industrial arbitration is the last stage in n process of dispute reconciliation commencing with negotiation between an employer and a trade union:Most trade disputes are settled prior to the arbitration process, but ... -
The estimation of adult mortality differentials in Kenya using a life table technique
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1985-07)In this study, the Horiuchi and Bennett (1981) technique is used to study the quality of the data on the number of registered deaths. The Preston and Bennett (1983), and the Bennett and Horiuchi (1982) techniques are then ...
