Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Structural transformation, population change and sectoral employment in Kenya: 1964-1976
(Arts-economics, 1979)Structural change generates major differences in the rates of growth of economic sectors in the production system, and hence in sectoral share s in produc t and 1abour force (employment) • The major aims of this study ... -
An economic analysis of fertility behaviour in Kenya: a case study
(Arts-economics, 1980)Population, a resource and consumptive factor, becomes a problem when the latter aspect dominates. It is because of this feeling in many developing countries, including Kenya, that the high population growth rates have ... -
Free primary education in Kenya: A household analysis of access to public schools in Nairobi Province
(University Of NairobiInstitute of Development Studies, 2005)This study is about household factors that affect access to Free Primary Education (FPE) in Public Schools in Nairobi Province, Kenya. This is in the light of the fact that there is a high number of ... -
Intercensal fertility estimation in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Population Studies, 1987-09)This study examines indirect techniques of estimating intercensal fertility levels in Kenya. Parameters,Crude birth Birth Rate, Total Fertility Rate, Net Reproduction Rate, Gross Reproduction Rate and the Mean Age at ... -
Demographic analysis of marital dissolution in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1989-11)This is a demographic analysis of marital dissolution. It is an attempt to examine regional differentials in determinants of marital dissolution, with a view of explaining the factors influencing the rates, levels and ... -
Rural-urban dualism the consumption behavior of Kenya households
(Arts-economics, 1980)The Integrated Rural Survey, 1974-1975 and the Urban Food Purchasing Survey, 1977 are analysed separately to test the hypotheses: first, that urban marginal propensity to consume is lower than the rural marginal ... -
Kenya's population projections and their implication on labour force
(Institute of population Studies and research, 2000)This research aimed at examining the effect of population growth on the supply of labour force in Kenya. Since this is a macro-level analysis only fertility and mortality schedules are considered. This is because the ... -
Aggression and achievement in nursery schools
(1982-07)The main purpose of the research was to study the aggression and the academic achievement of the nursery school children in different nursery schools in Nairobi. The study also examined the effects of sex, age and ... -
An investigation into the relationship between mathematical ability and mathematical achievement of standard seven children of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1982)This thesis investigated the relationship between Mathematical Ability and Mathematical Achievement in standard seven pupils of Kenya. It further investigated performance differences among pupils attending different types ... -
The Asians and Uhuru: the role of a minority community in Kenya politics, 1939-1963
(Arts -History, 1979)Asian participation .in Kenya's struggle for independence during the late Colonial Period has come mainly through institutions. Political organizations, newspapers, and the trade union movement provided the lines of ... -
Issues of university development In East Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of History, 1972)This thesis on issues of University Development in East Africa takes as its theoretical framework the objectives of higher education which were identified by the first British policy document on education in Africa. ... -
Harambee and development participation in Kenya: the politics of peasants and elites interaction with particular reference to harambee projects in Kiambu District
(University of NairobiDepartment of Political Science, 1979)This study seeks to analyse the Harambee (self help) movement in Kenya as a political phenomenon. To this end, the study seeks to describe and explain how and why Harambee and Harambee projects became the most ... -
A Study of the Akamba traditional education and Its relationship with formal primary schooling
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Women, men, property and change in Nandi District, Kenya
(1982)This study examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a patrilineal, semi-pastoral people of western Kenya, concentrating on changes in women's and men's economic roles and rights in property, and ... -
Further Chemical Analysis of Kenyan Polygonum Species
(University of Nairobi.Department of Science, 1990-03)Polygonum species enjoys a wide distribution In the highland regions of Kenya. Eleven species are reported as present in this country with four species among these being most common. The four include; P.senegalense ... -
Changes in nutrition attitudes and knowledge as a function of similar and expert communication sources among the Gusii of Kenya
(Arts-philosophy, 1974)The effects of source-receiver similarity and source expertise on nutrition attitudes and knowledge were examined among Gusii first and second year hararnbee (self-help) secondary school students in western Kenya. The ... -
The labor organization of Samburu pastoralism
(Department of Anthropology McGill University, Montreal, 1978)This study considers the labor organization of a group of northern Kenyan pastoralists. Since 1960, the Samburu have experienced substantial cattle loss and land circumscription and the work focuses both on herding and ... -
The decision to investing university education in Kenya: An economic appraisal
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1978)The decision to invest in any project centers on the balance between the cost of the project and the expected benefits from that project. Investment in University ... -
The Economic Value of tourism in Kenya
(Arts-economics, 1971)This dissertation presents an estimate of the economic value to Kenya residents of expenditures by non-residents of East Africa visiting Kenya (tourists). Economic Value of an activity is defined ai the contribution of ...
