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Completion time dynamics of Doctoral Studies at Makerere University: a hazard model evaluation
(Journal of International Education Research, 2011)
Issues related to attrition and completion time of graduate studies are certainly an internationally challenging and important area of higher education literature. In this paper, completion time dynamics of doctoral studies ...
Completion of a full course of primary schooling among all children everywhere by 2015: a case of Sub-Saharan Africa
(Contemporary Issues In Education Research, 2013)
Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remains a major
challenge, particularly in developing countries. Specifically, achieving the target of completing a full course of primary schooling among ...
Factors affecting decisions regarding child bearing among persons living With HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A study of Kampala and Jinja
(Makerere University, 2007-01)
This study examined the factors that affect childbearing decisions by PHAs in Uganda. It was aimed at establishing whether fertility intentions among people living with HIV are influenced by access to ARVs, reproductive ...
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 ...
Effect of regime change on foreign direct investment inflows in Uganda (1970-2009).
(Makerere University, 2012-10)
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of regime change on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows in Uganda for the period 1970 to 2009. It reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence to assess how GDP ...
Analysis of epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Acute Flaccid Paralyses (AFP) cases in Uganda (1997 – 2004).
(Makerere University, 2013-05)
This study was intended to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of AFP cases reported in Uganda for the period 1997 to 2004; and to determine whether the establishment of National Polio Expert Committee ...
A KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices) study on abstinence as an HIV preventive strategy among adolescents in Kampala Secondary Schools.
(Makerere University, 2007)
This study on abstinence as a strategy for HIV prevention among adolescents in Kampala secondary schools set out to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to abstinence as a primary HIV prevention ...
The socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on households in Bushenyi District, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2012-05)
This study examines the threat of Human Immune-deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) illnesses /deaths on the socio-economic wellbeing of households in Bushenyi district, Uganda. Uganda was one ...
Wage determination and gender discrimination in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2008)
This study examines male-female wage determination and gender discrimination in Uganda. The study used the nationally representative household survey 2002/03 collected by Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Wages for both males ...
Utilisation of contraceptive services in Kyarusozi Sub-county Kyenjojo District
(Makerere University, 2011-08)
This study dealt with utilisation of contraceptive services in rural areas of Uganda and specifically Kyarusozi Sub County in Kyejonjo district. The main aim of the study was to identify socio-economic and demographic ...