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dc.contributor.authorAnkunda, Grace
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-06T10:49:55Z
dc.date.available2014-08-06T10:49:55Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationAnkunda, G. (2009). Assessment of the effect of orphan-hood on secondary school attendance in Uganda (Unpublished master's thesis). Makerere University, Kampala, Ugandaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/3819
dc.descriptionA Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Demography of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study set out to investigate the effect of orphan hood on secondary school attendance in Uganda. It is an outcome of the analysis of data collected by the Uganda Demographic Household Survey (UDHS) and ED data survey (UDES) that was conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). In order to achieve the stated objective, the study adopted both descriptive and multivariate analyses using STATA to accumulate findings. Multivariate analysis measured the net effect of the explanatory factors using the Poisson regression model. The dependant variable was the number of days missed in the last year secondary school attendance which was fitted in the model. Orphan hood plays a big role in the education of children because their school attendance is likely to be negatively affected. Out of 723 children studied in the age group 12-17, about approximately 26.83 % were orphaned. Age, sex, orphan hood status, region of residence (Northern and Western), education level of parent, and place of residence, are significant at multivariate level. The findings show that orphaned children were more likely to miss school compared to non-orphaned children. Religion and distance to school were not significant predictors of the number of days a child missed school. The study recommends that the Government through the Ministry of Education, Local Authorities, Civil Society Organizations, and Non Governmental Organizations should put mechanisms in place to support orphaned children, since they are more vulnerable compared to non-orphans. Research should also be carried out on the causes of orphan hood and the link with education.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectOrphan-hooden_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectAttendanceen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleAssessment of the effect of orphan-hood on secondary school attendance in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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