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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Regional variation in utilization of post-partum care services in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2010-01)
This is a comparative study of the factors affecting women in utilization of postpartum care services among the four regions in Uganda that is central, eastern, northern and western. The objective of the study was to compare ...
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 ...
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 ...