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The effects of high risk fertility behavior on child survival in Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2012-08)
Five hundred new born infants die every hour and 12, 000 babies a day worldwide. In Uganda the infant mortality rate is 76 per 1000 live births (PRB 2009). Infant mortality differentials exist in relation to at least three ...
Panel data analysis of hospital expenditure: A case of 27 catholic hospitals in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-09)
Although considerable literature provides econometric estimates of hospital cost functions in developed countries, relatively little is known about what drives variations in total hospital costs across resource-poor ...
Factors associated with cross generational sex among university female students in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-08)
Cross generational sex (CGS) is an important factor in the increase of young girls’ exposure to risk factors at individual level among students. Cross generational sex (young girls having sex with men who are 10 years ...
Factors associated with use of injectable contraceptives among women in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-08)
This study was aimed at investigating the factors associated with the use of injectable contraceptives among women in Uganda. The study focused on women in Uganda and was based on a data set from the 2006 Uganda Demographic ...
Demographic and social-economic factors that influence teenage pregnancy in high fertility areas in Uganda: A case study of Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-09)
This study set out to establish the Demographic and socio-economic factors that influence teenage pregnancy in high fertility areas in Uganda with the case study of Eastern Uganda. The study used secondary data collected ...
Factors associated with occurrence of diarrhoea in children aged less than 5 years in Uganda: A case study of seven towns on the shores of Lake Victoria
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
This study assessed the socio-demographic, environmental and behavioural factors associated with the occurrence of childhood diarrhoea using already existing cross-sectional data from the 2006/07 Uganda Urban Inequities ...
Graduate Management Admission Test Outcomes and the academic achievement: A study on Masters of Business Administration students
(American Journal of Business Education, 2012)
This study investigates whether the outcomes of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) can predict the academic achievement of enrollees in masters programs. The study is based on administrative data of 516 Masters ...
Completion time dynamics for Master’s and Doctoral Studies at Makerere University
(Contemporary Issues In Education Research, 2012)
This paper examines the dynamics of completion time of master’s studies and how such dynamics relate to those of doctoral studies at Makerere University, Uganda. The assessment is based on administrative data of 605 master’s ...
Examination phase of the Master’s thesis: a plausible cause of delayed completion of graduate studies at Makerere University, Uganda
(Journal of International Education Research, 2012)
This paper investigates the influence of the examination stage of student theses on the completion time of graduate studies at Makerere University, Uganda. The assessment is based on the administrative data of 504 Master’s ...
Comparing cox proportional hazards and accelerated failure time models in survival analysis of HIV adult patients initiated on highly active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
(Makerere University, 2012-04)
The Cox Proportional Hazards model is the most popular technique for analysis of the effects of covariates on survival time. This is so because of its simplicity and no assumptions are made about the nature or shape of the ...