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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"head of household"”.
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The Contribution of TASAF Interventions in Enhancing Income Generating Through Green Vegetable to Female Head of Household in Leguruki Ward in Meru District Council.
This dissertation is an outcome of the research study that was conducted at Meru District and the project identified being implemented in the same district. The study and project implementation covers the period from October 2015 to September 2016. The study conducted by using participatory …
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The Contribution of TASAF Interventions in Enhancing Income Generating Through Green Vegetable to Female Head of Household in Leguruki Ward in Meru District Council
This dissertation is an outcome of the research study that was conducted at Meru District and the project identified being implemented in the same district. The study and project implementation covers the period from October 2015 to September 2016 The study conducted by using participatory methods. …
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Imputing age at death for the deceased using household relationships
… The National Income and Dynamics Study (NIDS) household dataset includes the relationship of the deceased to the head of household variable. The relationship of the deceased to the head of household and the age of the head of household are incorporated into the Multiple Imputation (MI) …
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Predictors of women's workplace conflict management styles
… study’s purpose was to add to the knowledge base of women and conflict management. The research question was to determine whether social characteristics such as feminism, race, age, single head of household status, religion, and social class explain differences in conflict management among women. …
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Measuring the labor supply effect of income taxation using a life-cycle labor supply model: A case of Indonesia
The focus of this study is to estimate a life cycle model of labor supply including taxes for a developing economy by applying two methods of estimation. The first method is the cohort approach and the second approach is the consumption approach. The idea of the cohort approach is to create a …
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The factors associated with school transport to get to educational institutions in South Africa.
… infrastructure has improved since the end of apartheid, learners are still experiencing issues with the means of transport to get to school. This study aims to identify the factors associated with school transport to educational institutions in South Africa. The study used secondary data …
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Matrilineal Asset Inheritance, Female Bargaining Power, and Household Welfare in Malawi
… determine female land holdings at the time of marriage, allowing for the identification of the effect of increased female bargaining power on household consumption decisions. I use the matrilineal ethnicity of the head of household as an instrument for the share of total household land …
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A Secondary Analysis of Social Disorganization Theory in Urban Neighborhoods of Mexico City
… has been substantive focus on the integrity of public institutions in Mexico. Factors of organizational corruption and growing attention to the activities of criminal subcultures have illuminated pundit inefficiencies in the administration of social controls. This study evaluates 1,965 …
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Computation of Weights for Probabilistic Record Linkage Using the EM Algorithm
<p>Record linkage is the process of combining information about a single individual from two or more records. Probabilistic record linkage gives weights to each field that is compared. The decision of whether the records should be linked is then determined by the sum of the weights, or “Score”, …
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Growing Cotton: Household Negotiations in Export-Oriented Agriculture in Africa, Burkina Faso
Conventional knowledge assumes that production of cash/export crops jeopardizes household food crop production in developing economies, and above all, mars women's potential for economic autonomy. In Southwest Burkina Faso, observations in cotton-producing households appear to challenge such …
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Growing cotton: Household negotiations in export-oriented agriculture in Africa, Burkina Faso
Conventional knowledge assumes that production of cash/export crops jeopardizes household food crop production in developing economies, and above all, mars women’s potential for economic autonomy. In Southwest Burkina Faso, observations in cotton-producing households appear to challenge such …
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Application of Ecological Sanitation Approach in Excreta Waste Management Among the Local Community: A Case Study of Hananasif Ward, Kinondoni Municipal
… and flush toilets cannot solve the problem of waste water managements in urban setting which mostly comprises with poor water systems infrastructures. Therefore this study aimed to assess the extent of application and acceptability for Eco-San toilets technologies among the urban community …
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An Analysis of Sex-Roles and Their Relationships to Self-Esteem, Birth Order, Race, Socioeconomic Class, and Age
The problem. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationships between sex-roles and the variables of self-esteem, birth order, race, socioeconomic class, and age. Recent research results are divided between encouraged adoption of androgynous and masculine sex-roles. Many studies indicate …
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The Effect of Family Solidarity on Female Juvenile Delinquency: An Exploratory Study
The Problem. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects, if any, and extent of influence of family solidarity on the delinquent acts of female juveniles in Polk County, Iowa. Procedure. A longitudinal sample, consisting of 100 cases from the records found in the Polk County Juvenile …
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Women's adult education as a 'Site of Struggle' in marriage in Mozambique
… in Mozambique is influenced by perceptions of their gendered identities and roles as wives and mothers. Adapting narrative analysis I examine the case stories of four women who met resistance by their husbands when they went back to school as adults and one woman who was supported by her …
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Education on the Underground Railroad: A Case Study of Three Communities in New York State (1820-1870)
… in New York State from 1850-1870 by examining household patterns and educational access for African American school-age children in three communities: Sandy Ground, Syracuse, and Watertown. These communities were selected because of their involvement in the Underground Railroad. I employed a …
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Barriers to participation in educational programs as perceived by first-time enrolling freshmen in higher education
Institutions of higher education face exceptional challenges in today’s environment. College costs are increasing, funding is decreasing and/or limited, public confidence is diminishing, the work-place is changing, and a shrinking pool of traditional-age college students exists. This creates an …
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Domestic gas consumption, household behaviour patterns, and window opening
… for central heating is a function both of the efficiency of the heating system and the way in which it is used. While many studies have concentrated on the performance of systems and their controls, there have been few studies of occupant behaviour. The thesis therefore studies household …
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Associations between Fecal Indicator Bacteria Prevalence and Demographic Data in Private Water Supplies in Virginia
… rely on private water systems to supply household water. The heaviest reliance on these systems occurs in rural areas, which are often underserved in terms of financial resources and access to environmental health education. As the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) does not regulate private …
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Sheltering colonialism: the archaeology of a house, household, and white Creole masculinity at the 18th-century Little Bay Plantation, Montserrat, West Indies
In the final quarter of the 18th century, a planter's dwelling overlooking the Caribbean Sea at Little Bay on the northwest coast of Montserrat in the British Leeward Islands was destroyed by fire and never reoccupied. Archaeological excavations in 2010 and 2011 yielded fragments of personal …
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