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Modeling the longevity of completion of higher degree studies at Makerere University
(Makerere University, 2012-08)
Student persistence in graduate programs is widely regarded as an important yet challenging aspect of higher education in the literature. Research into this phenomenon is particularly problematic when (i) a considerable ...
Effects of taxation on economic growth: (Uganda’s Experience: 1987-2005)
(Makerere University, 2007-11)
The development of endogenous growth theory has opened an avenue through which the effects of taxation on economic growth can be explored. Explicit modeling of the individual decisions that contribute to growth allows the ...
Teacher Competence And The Academic Achievement Of Sixth Grade Students In Uganda
(Journal of International Education Research, 2013)
The study investigates the influence of teacher competence on the academic achievement of sixth grade students in Uganda. The investigation is based on data sourced from the 2009 Southern African Consortium for Monitoring ...
Factors affecting uptake of voluntary counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-09)
The main objective of the study was to examine the determinants of VCT (voluntary counseling and testing) uptake among the sexually active group (15-54 years) in Uganda.
The study examined secondary data from the UDHS ...
Determinants of pregnancy outcomes in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-10)
Every year 3.2 million women deliver non live birth implying that every minute about 6 women deliver non live babies, of which 98% of the world’s non live birth occurrence are in low- and middle-income countries and Non ...
Analysis of financial sector national accounts: Emphasis on financial intermediation (1995-2009)
(Makerere University, 2011-06)
The study attempts to obtain good estimated measure of the output of financial services
activities in the economy by first computing the gross output and value added of the financial intermediation services following ...
Competence in Mathematics and academic achievement: an analysis of enrollees in the Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science Program
(American Journal of Business Education, 2013)
This study investigates the role of prior grounding attained in mathematics in predicting the academic achievement of enrollees in Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science (BSAS). The investigation is based on administrative ...
Contraceptive use by adolescents in Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camps in Pader District, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-11)
Background; Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents is central to the general health of the population. Knowledge of contraceptives and contraceptive use are important indictors of sexual health among adolescents and ...
Use of PMTCT services among HIV positive women attending ANC at Kisenyi and Naguru Health Centres, Kampala-Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)
Vertical transmission is the chief cause of pediatric HIV accounting for 90 percent of the
infection in children. This study assesses the factors that have led to low utilization levels of
PMTCT services by the urban ...
Intimate partner violence and current modern contraceptive use among married women in Uganda: A cross-sectional study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2018)
Introduction: This paper examined the relationship between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and current modern contraceptive use (MCU) among married women in Uganda. Methods: We used the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health ...