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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"African youth"”.
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African youth constructions of safety: A multi-country photovoice study
… dissertation, I examined Mozambican, South African, and Zambian youth explanations of safety, the lack of safety, and danger. I was particularly focused on resisting epistemic violence and supporting youth epistemic agency in this project. The study is situated within a multi-African country …
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Behavioural preferences and labour market attachment among South African youth
Youth unemployment in South Africa remains a persistent and multifaceted challenge. This study explores how behavioural preferences—specifically risk aversion and probability weighting—vary across employment categories among South African youth. Using structural estimates from incentivised Multiple …
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Relatability: the hidden force behind Black African youth employment disadvantage
South Africa has very high levels of youth unemployment by global standards. In addition, its youth labour market is characterised by high levels of racial inequalities which lead to marked disparities in employment access and outcomes based on race. Studies have revealed that Black African youth …
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Collaborating with Black first-generation African youth for local career interventions
… to contribute the voices and advocacy of Black youth, a group of individuals directly involved by disparities in career outcomes. Participatory action research (PAR; Maguire, 1987; McIntyre, 2000) endeavors to collaborate with participants for solutions and take mutually agree upon action. The …
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Exploring the experiences of South African youth living with myasthenia gravis
This study explored experiences of South African youth living with Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune disease marked by skeletal muscle weakness caused by the breakdown of communication between nerves and muscles at the neuromuscular junction. The aim was to understand …
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Addressing Injustices through MOOCs: A study among peri-urban, marginalised, South African youth
… and aspirations of marginalised South African youth and address the material, cultural-epistemic, political, and geopolitical injustices they face. To evaluate what South African peri-urban youth desire in their education and futures, as well as the challenges they experience, a …
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The nature and impact of cyberbullying among South African youth : an explanatory analysis
… children aged 11 to 17 from seventeen South African schools responded to our survey examining the nature, extent and impacts of cyberbullying. Incidents of cyberbullying were examined in relation to gender, age and school grade, internet usage, traditional bullying factors, and economic …
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Prevalence and correlates of cyber-victimization in a nationally representative sample of South African youth
… in a nationally representative sample of South African children. We aim to determine the lifetime prevalence and last-year prevalence (i.e., annual incidence) of cyber-victimization, as well as the association of cyber-victimization with its correlates, based on a nationally representative …
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Prevalence and correlates of cyber-victimization in a nationally representative sample of South African youth
… in a nationally representative sample of South African children. We aim to determine the lifetime prevalence and last-year prevalence (i.e., annual incidence) of cyber- victimization, as well as the association of cyber-victimization with its correlates, based on a nationally representative …
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The power of peers: mobile youth culture, homophily and informal learning among a group of South African youth
… Khayelitsha, and were members of a non-profit youth development organisation, Ikamva Youth, participating in beginner coding classes. This study explored what they had already learned about ICTs from their networks of close interpersonal relationships (n=133) and asked them how they felt about …
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Exploring the adoption rationales and effects of off-grid renewable energy access for African youth: a case study from Tanzania
… energy in their homes. In addition, rural youth in Tanzania have limited occupational pursuits other than subsistence farming (both formal and informal). Utilizing a case study approach, this research qualitatively explores the effects of energy access in the form of solar PV for those …
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A small push goes a long way: An evaluation of the cumulative effects of a cash transfer on South African youth
… analyses the long-term effect of CSG receipt on youth outcomes. Observing a positive CSG effect on South African youth would be encouraging, given that 3.3 million youth were not involved in any employment, education, or training in 2018. The literature focussing on older youth outcomes and …
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Sport-related Concussion Incidence and Mechanism of Injury in Male and Female Players at the South African Youth Week Rugby Tournaments: 2011-2018
… popular international sport for male and female youth and adult players (6). Injury incidence including sport-related concussion (SRC) is high in youth rugby (7, 8) . This is concerning as youth are more vulnerable to SRC and take longer to recover from SRC than adults (9, 10). Females are also …
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Enabling a generation of social entrepreneurs: A study to establish if the practice of social entrepreneurship offers inclusive self-employment opportunities for disenfranchised South African youth
… to solutions that address the problems of youth unemployment, inequality and poverty in South Africa, specifically among those youth who are being marginalised from participating equally in mainstream economic activities. It argues that financial and digital exclusion, as well as poor …
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Greed or grievance : why is South African youth crime so violent in nature? : First world taste on a third world budget or simply marginalised from centre-stage?
… theory assist in making sense of the youth subcultures that are involved in criminal activity of a violent nature in the contemporary South African context? - T.p. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 207-219).
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Call on me : the cell phone : a multi-media tool of communication amongst South African youth and how it can be used to platform youth stories for media and advertising
… a multimedia tool of communication amongst South African youth and looks at how it can be used to platform youth stories for media and advertising. The youth's connection to the cell phone has come to mean so much more than its actual technological functions. This media dissertation investigates …
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Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation
… study is located between the contradiction that youth is politically disinterested and that youth is very much politically engaged. Some scholars have argued that youth political disinterest is a threat to the life of the traditional public sphere and democracy. Against the notion of the youth's …
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Exploring perceptions of rural youth participation in political elections: A case study of Thulamela Municipality
… landscape revealed a concerning trend: South African youth increasingly became disinterested in participating in political processes, particularly elections. This study investigated the phenomenon of voter apathy among South African youth, focusing specifically on factors that influenced this …
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A Theory and Process Evaluation of the Yabonga GAP Year Student Programme
… need for positive outcomes amongst South African youth, especially given that they make up a considerable proportion of the population. This group is highly vulnerable and faced with a multitude of socio-economic challenges, particularly lack of resources and job opportunities, poverty, …
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Factors influencing the intention of youth to adopt electronic voting in South Africa
… the study seeks to investigate how South African youth perceive e-voting. Research methodology: Using a deductive approach, a conceptual model with constructs from the technology acceptance model (TAM), the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), and the diffusion of innovation theory (DOI) is …
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