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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Household surveys"”.
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Understanding political ecologies of land use change using household surveys in Mankweng, South Africa
… the township progresses into the 21st Century. Household surveys were conducted in 2005 and 2006 in order to understand the geographic relationships of the area. This study found household surveys to be beneficial in understanding land use change.
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Does It Matter Who We Ask in Household Surveys? A Study on Gendered Effects and Decision Making Processes in Ecuador
The understanding of how households make decisions may improve the success of an economic development program and enhance targeted training efforts. Technology adoption and farm management decisions depend on household decision making. If a relevant decision maker can be clearly identified and …
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Health and water quality monitoring of Pure Home Water's ceramic filter dissemination in the northern region of Ghana
… social enterprise that promotes and disseminates household drinking water technologies in the Northern Region of Ghana. Currently their main product is a pot-shaped Potters for Peace-type ceramic water filter, locally known as the Kosim filter. This study used household surveys and water quality …
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The use and valuation of natural fuelwood resources in Paulshoek, Namaqualand and the ecological impacts on rangeland dynamics
… are for the daily survival of the inhabitants. Household interviews, household surveys and PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) exercises were used to identify the plant species used, the purpose of use and quantities used per household on a daily and annual basis. Twelve species were identified …
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The income distribution with multiple sources of survey error
… concerns that arise when analysing income from household surveys. The country of interest is South Africa, but despite this geographical specificity, the discussion in each chapter is generalisable to any household survey concerned with measuring any component of income.
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Out-of-pocket payments, health care access and utilisation in South-Eastern Nigeria : a gender perspective
… a combination of quantitative (cross-sectional household surveys) and qualitative (Focus-Group Discussions) analysis of the gendered impact of OOPs on health care access in south-eastern Nigeria.
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Sense of community, collective efficacy, and perceived police efficacy: Research from a social cognitive perspective
… neighborhoods from Wilmington, DE. Face-to-face household surveys were undertaken with randomly selected residents, resulting in 179 valid cases. Results show that collective efficacy was consistently the best predictor of perceived police efficacy.
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A comparative study of participatory and household risk assessments and an investigation into the impact of a participatory risk assessment to effect change: case study: Section D, Sweet Home farm, Cape Town
… of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and household surveys to inform understanding of informal settlement risks and the impact/influence of PAR to effect change. Urban risks in Section D of Sweet Home Farm informal settlement in the City of Cape Town were examined through the lenses of …
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Predicting household poverty with machine learning methods: the case of Malawi
… tracked in Malawi is by carrying out integrated household surveys every five years to quantify poverty at local and national levels. However, such surveys have been documented as very expensive, tedious, and sparsely administered by many low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, this study …
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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Financial Capability among Native Households
… are often substantial sums of money entering households of working families each year. Many households use the EITC to meet their basic needs such as rent, utilities, food, groceries, clothing, and other household expenses. Other EITC recipients view the tax system as a savings mechanism. This …
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Micro-credit and household productivity : evidence from Bangladesh.
This paper tests the effect of micro-credit on household productivity to determine whether micro-credit programs facilitate productivity gains through skills transfer and human capital formation in addition to the provision of credit. The data come from two rounds of household surveys in rural …
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Latent factor modelling of disability
… of disability, collected in three widely-used household surveys, are consistent with a common set of findings relating to the targeting of disability benefits. In the third chapter we estimate the additional per sonal costs experienced by disabled older people to achieve the same material …
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DECOMPOSING THE INCREASE IN REPORTED LEVELS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM 1993 TO 1998
Reported levels of household life satisfaction, also referred to as subjective well-being, increased dramatically in South Africa following the end of Apartheid. This study uses household surveys from 1993-1994 and 1998 in South Africa to investigate why. Models of subjective well-being are …
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DECOMPOSING THE INCREASE IN REPORTED LEVELS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM 1993 TO 1998
Reported levels of household life satisfaction, also referred to as subjective well-being, increased dramatically in South Africa following the end of Apartheid. This study uses household surveys from 1993-1994 and 1998 in South Africa to investigate why. Models of subjective well-being are …
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Essays in labor and human capital investment in development economics
… Each chapter examines a factor that affects household labor demand and supply for each household member and its implications in low-and middle- income countries. Research in this dissertation takes advantage of detailed household surveys and other sources such as satellite collected …
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Gendered dimensions of Conservation Agriculture in Northwestern Cambodia
… group discussions, semi-structured interviews, household surveys, and participatory mapping, we explore the effect of conservation agriculture on men's and women's allocation of labor, gendered power relations in intra-household negotiations, and access to resources and information. I found that …
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Interrelationships Between Urban Travel and Other Infrastructure
… Traditional transportation research depends on household surveys and administrative records, which are costly and slow to capture change. In response, this work examines social media and electricity consumption as proxy indicators of travel demand. First, it shows that sentiment derived from …
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The impact of COVID-19 on poverty in South Africa
… the recently released 2020 and 2021 General Households Surveys, this thesis presents the first nationally representative estimates of poverty during the heart of the pandemic and as the country began economically recovering. The comparability of the General Household Surveys conducted …
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Training by the unemployed and employed prior to the implementation of the NSDS : evidence from the Mesebetsi labour force survey 1999 - 2000
… the NSDS on the labour market through the use of household surveys. However. the fact that recent household datasets do not contain as rich information on training will complicate analysis that aims to compare findings and such a task may require a second round of the Mesebetsi Survey. Four probit …
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An application of synthetic panel data to poverty analysis in South Africa
… have been raised on the accuracy and adequacy of household surveys, especially those emanating from Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the debate has hinted on the existence of a statistical tragedy, but caution has also been voiced that African statistical offices are not similar and some statistical …
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