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Coast, Ernestina. "Maasai demography." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2000. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1317547/.

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Blochel, Alexander. "Population demography’s potential effect on stoichiometry : Assessing the growth rate hypothesis with demography." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-130908.

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The elemental composition within structured insect populations was tested by creating a new method to analyze how variables (survival, growth and fecundity) within a population matrix could potentially affect the stoichiometric regime of a structured population at steady state. This was done by focusing on if the growth rate hypothesis, which states that there is a linear relationship between an individual growth rate and the percent of phosphorus within the individual, works at a population level. This was analyzed by creating and combining two matrices: the matrix-population containing the v

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Žamac, Jovan. "Education, pensions, and demography /." Uppsala : Department of Economics, Uppsala University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7433.

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Lovina, O. O. "Population demography of Nigeria." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/36345.

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The most populous country in Africa, Nigeria accounts for approximately one sixth of the African population (or one fifth of Sub-Saharan African population). Approximately 50 % of Nigerians are urban dwellers. At least 24 cities have populations of more than 100,000. The variety of customs, languages, and traditions among Nigeria's 389 ethnic groups gives the country a cultural diversity. Nigeria suffers from a population explosion, with a current population in excess of 170 million (2012) and a growth rate of more than 2 % p.a. (or a doubling time of about 30 years), with all the associated p

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Kolk, Martin. "Multigenerational Processes in Demography." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-106987.

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Contemporary social science research has often focused on nuclear family relationships, and has largely neglected kinship and family outside the nuclear household. In this doctoral thesis I explore demographic issues from a multigenerational perspective, using Swedish register data and mathematical modeling. In different chapters I examine intergenerational transmission of fertility—the relationship between the number of siblings and other kin, and the fertility of an individual. The thesis demonstrates the possibilities for empirical research on family and kinship based on Swedish register da

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Verdery, Ashton M. Entwisle Barbara. "Demography and social network differentiation." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2938.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.<br>Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 23, 2010). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of Sociology." Discipline: Sociology; Department/School: Sociology.

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St, Onge Kate. "Demography and Polyploidy in Capsella." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Evolutionär funktionsgenomik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-136696.

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Studies of demography and population structure give insight into important evolutionary processes such as speciation and diversification. In the present work I perform such studies in the genus Capsella, which has three species: C. grandiflora, an outcrossing diploid, C. rubella a selfing diploid, and C. bursa-pastoris a selfing tetraploid. These three species make a good model system for evolutionary studies because they encompass two major plant evolutionary processes: mating system shifts and polyploidization. To conduct my studies I have gathered a large number of samples across the distri

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Metcalf, Charlotte Jessica Eland. "Evolutionary demography of monocarpie perennials." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416378.

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Atkinson, John William. "Demography of supermassive black holes." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397769.

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KAI, HAMILTON MASSATAKA. "THREE ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=15322@1.

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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO<br>Essa tese é composta de três ensaios. O primeiro ensaio estuda a relação entre renda e número de filhos no Brasi da primeira metade do século XX. Ao contrário do que os modelos econômicos sobre regimes demográficos preveriam, os dados em cross-section por coorte mostram uma relação consistentemente negativa entre renda e número de filhos ao longo de todo o período analisado. O segundo ensaio mostra que a tecnologia doméstica de saúde desempenha um papel crucial nas escolhas reprodutivas das famílias e, ao alterar o entendimento u

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Gaines, Eleanor Prindiville. "Snowy Plover Demography in Oregon." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5004.

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A thorough understanding of demographic parameters and their contribution to overall population growth is fundamental to effective conservation of small populations, but this information is often lacking. The Pacific Coast population of the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) is listed as threatened and has been the target of long-term, multi-pronged management in Oregon. The Oregon coastal population has been intensively monitored since 1990, and over 80% of the population is color banded, but a comprehensive analysis of demographic parameters and the effect of management on vit

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TACKE, TILMAN. "Essays on economics and demography." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/1146.

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Chapter 1 indicates the relevancy of the share of national income concentrated among a country's richest 20% for health outcomes of the lowest three quintiles of the income distribution independent of their personal absolute income. A comparison of 93 countries suggests that the income distance between an individual and the people the individual directly observes at work or in the neighborhood might not be the only form of relative deprivation, but that the distance to the wealthy might matter as well. The results are not caused by the distribution of absolute income: previous research has sho

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ANGELINI, Daniele. "Essays on economics and demography." Doctoral thesis, European University Institute, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/1814/73248.

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This thesis is a collection of three essays on the effect of demographic changes on the economy. In Chapter 1, I empirically document a non-monotonic effect of an aging workforce on the adoption of ICT (new technology) and on productivity which I rationalize using a task-based OLG model. Initially, the aging of the population has a positive effect on productivity as it reduces the labor supply and increases the capital stock triggering the adoption of new (labor-saving) technologies. However, as young workers (with a comparative advantage in the use of new technologies) become scarce, further

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Le, Cunff Yann. "Aging : between evolution and demography." Paris 7, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA077259.

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Le vieillissement est un phénomène multi-échelle complexe, à l'interface entre évolution et démographie. La théorie du 'Disposable Soma' propose d'expliquer le vieillissement comme résultant d'un compromis entre maintenance et reproduction, influencé par l'évolution. Bien qu'expliquant le phénomène de vieillissement au niveau de l'individu, cette théorie n'explique pas les différentes dynamiques courbes de mortalités observées dans différentes espèces. A l'inverse, des approches biodémographiques ont montré que ces courbes peuvent être reproduites en choisissant avec soin hétérogénéité de la p

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Crommentuijn, Léon Emanuel Maria. "Regional household differentials structures and processes = Regionale huishoudensverschillen : structuren en processen /." Amsterdam : Thesis Publishers, 1997. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/37633887.html.

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Jelbert, K. "The comparative demography of invasive plants." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/34994.

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Biodiversity, ecosystems, industry and human health are threatened by invasive plant species. The costs of mitigating damages run into billions of pounds per annum. Fundamental to the control of invasive plant species is an ability to predict which species will become invasive. Yet identification of predictive differences between invasive and non-invasive species has proven difficult to pinpoint. In this thesis I identify several weaknesses within published literature, and using field experiments and meta-analyses we address these to find consistent predictors of invasiveness amongst plants. S

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Vogel, Harry Landis. "The influence of rural amenities on non-metropolitan population change in the United States from, 1980-2000." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/232.

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Arlt, Debora. "Habitat selection : demography and individual decisions /." Uppsala : Dept. of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200717.pdf.

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Bruér, Mattias. "Empirical studies in demography and macroeconomics /." Uppsala : Dept. of Economics [Nationalekonomiska institutionen], Univ, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4200.

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Fields, Dail L. "Relational demography and employee job satisfaction." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29983.

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Verropoulou, Georgia. "The demography of Cyprus, 1881-1982." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1998. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1495/.

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This research aims at determining the demographic characteristics of the population of Cyprus over 1881-1982, using all available data from censuses, registration and surveys. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part focuses on the period from 1881 to 1960 and refers to the entire population. The second part deals with the period after 1960 and mainly focuses on the majority Greek Cypriot population, virtually no information being available for the Turkish minority after this time; the island was partitioned between Greeks and Turks in 1974. Chapter 1 describes the objectives of t

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Hyder, Kieran. "Barnacle demography : a matrix modelling approach." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285626.

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Sadie, J. L. (Johannes L. ). 1918. "The economic demography of South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51963.

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Thesis (DCom)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is remarkable that population, which is at the centre of the economic problem - the Wealth if not the Poverty of Nations - has received scant attention in economic research in South Africa. Which is probably why we can have a NEW - so designated in the Draft Report - population policy propounded by government (in 1997) which manifests little appreciation of the economics of population. This dissertation is an attempt to demonstrate why the void should be filled and to bring to light specific topics within the broader s

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Piper, Steven Edward. "Mathematical demography of the Cape vulture." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19843.

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The Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres is one of the world's largest avian scavengers and was once widely distributed in southern Africa, to which it is endemic. It has suffered major changes of fortune in recorded history and has, at least twice, undergone large range contractions and expansions in the Cape Province. It has variously been classified as 'rare', 'vulnerable' or 'threatened'. It is currently thought, by some, to be in decline. The central aim of these researches is to answer the 'Grand Question': What

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McGowan, Conor P. "Incidental take and endangered species demography." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5595.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on June 9, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Hill, Gemma Modell. "The demography of early childhood caries." Thesis, Boston University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/21174.

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Thesis (M.A.) PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>Early childhood caries (ECC) is a rampant, infectious dental disease that affects children up to age six, with effects lasting well into their adulthood. ECC predicts high rates of morbidity in adulthood, is one of the most frequen

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Eickmeyer, Kasey J. "The "Common Pot": Income Pooling in American Couples and Families." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1563551133786962.

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Nyathi, Mothabisi Nare. "Estimation of Zimbabwean migration for the period 1992-2012." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33944.

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International migration is the movement of people across national boundaries, and it is an important mechanism for globalisation and economic development. However, in third world countries, it means a large proportion of the population leaving. It is hard to come by statistics on emigration due to the unavailability of sound administrative data systems that record the number of departures from the country. This research seeks to estimate the net number of Zimbabwean migrants for the period 1992 to 2012, by using census data from Zimbabwe and census data from the major receiving countries of Zi

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Dzumbunu, Silinganisiwe. "Trends and derteminants of adelescent fertility in Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31761.

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This study examines the trends and socio-demographic determinants of adolescent fertility in Zimbabwe. The study uses all six ZDHS surveys that have been conducted for Zimbabwe between 1988 and 2015. Adolescent fertility trends were examined using age-period and cohort-period fertility estimates. The Poisson regression model and the tfr2 module developed by Schoumaker (2013) are used to calculate age-period fertility estimates (ASFRS). Cohort- period fertility rates (CPFRs) were calculated using a method developed by Moultrie, Dorrington, Hill et al. (2013b). ASFRs and CPFRs trends were constr

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Tvedten, Inge. "As long as they don't bury me here : social relations of poverty in a Southern African shantytown." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3616.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-206).<br>Focusing on four shantytowns in the northern Namibian town of Oshakati, this study analyses the coping strategies of the poorest sections of such populations. I ask what it is that enables some people living in oppressed and poor urban shantytowns to strive to go on with their lives or improve their situation, while others living in the same context and under the same conditions seem trapped in chronic poverty and apparently give up making much of their lives? The study is based on fieldwork conducted intermittently from 1991 to 2001, using

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Marandu, Simon Hlomayi. "Full life tables for South Africa from vital registration data, 2006-2008." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11140.

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This research derives a set of full life tables for South Africa as a whole and by population group using vital registration data for the period 2006-2008. Given that not all deaths are registered, the research assesses the level of completeness of death registration for the national population and for all the population groups separately by using the deaths distribution methods.

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Gotora, Tendai. "Maternal mortality in high HIV prevalence countries: a critical analysis of the MMEIG methodology for estimating maternal mortality." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12068.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>The main objective of this research is to analyse critically the methodology used by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) to estimate maternal mortality in countries with high HIV/AIDS prevalence. This study interrogates each of the assumptions (implicit and explicit) in the MMEIG method by reviewing literature/studies that investigated each assumption.

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Hlabano, Mbongeni Charles. "An assessment of the feasibility of using administrative data in producing mid-year population estimates for South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16610.

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Includes bibliographical references<br>The production of mid-year population estimates is an important undertaking which informs various stakeholders in policy formation and decision making. For instance, national governments use mid-year estimates to allocate seats in parliament to various constituents and public health sectors use them to monitor and improve service delivery. Mid-year population estimates undoubtedly serve very important purposes that affect lives of many people. As such, national statistical offices in various countries are given the mandate to produce annual mid-year popul

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Mutakwa, Darlington. "Analysis of the projected parity progression ratio method using two successive censuses." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5892.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>The objective of this study is to assess how well the projected parity progression ratio method works when applied to two successive censuses or Demographic Health Surveys. Four countries, namely Malawi, Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Panama, each with two recent censuses which are ten years apart, are used. Each of the census and survey used is taken through a data quality assessment process to check for inconsistencies. Using age-order specific fertility rates derived from births in the past year, parity progression ratios are projected t

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Van, Gijsen Rienier. "Defining a sub-Saharan fertility pattern and a standard for use with the relational Gompertz model." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5887.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-124).<br>The relational Gompertz model is often used to obtain fertility estimates for sub-Saharan Africa populations. This indirect estimation technique is dependent on a fertility standard - the Booth standard. This standard was developed in 1979 using a selection of 33 Coale-Trussell schedules congruent with high fertility patterns. However, evidence from 61 Demographic and Health Surveys of sub-Saharan countries shows that fertility has decreased to levels that were considered medium fertility at the time the standard wa

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Lemani, Clara. "Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5895.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Mortality of children under the age of five has been the main target of public health policies (Gakusi and Garenne 2006). There has been a significant decline in under-five mortality in the twentieth century in almost all countries regardless of initial levels and socio-economic factors, although the rate of decline has been different in different regions (UNIGME 2012). Malawi, a country in the sub-Saharan region, is characterised by high infant and child mortality. Using data from 2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey, infant m

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Chemhaka, Garikayi Bernard. "Socio- Economic differentials in fertility in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2005." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5898.

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The study utilises four Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSS) conducted in 1988, 1994, 1999, and 2005 in Zimbabwe to examine the socioeconomic differentials in fertility over time. The period fertility (age-specific and total fertility) rates, cohort-period fertility rates (CPFRs), projected parity progression ratios (projected PPRs), and logistic regression methods are used in the analysis, overall, to assess the nature of fertility transition. All the measures of fertility indicate an ongoing fertility decline in Zimbabwe among all parities and age groups mainly as a result of an increase in

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Pashapa, Tapfuma. "Interrogation of the fertility differentials between the Malawi DHS and the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project survey data." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11511.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-61).<br>Anglewicz, Adams, Obare et al (2009) show that the mean parities for the women who were interviewed in the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) surveys of 1998 and 2004 are generally higher than the mean parities for the women who were interviewed in the Malawi Demographic and Health Surveys (MDHSs) of 2000 and 2004 respectively.

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Msemburi, Willliam. "Simulation and sensitivity analysis of the choice of open interval, the methods of open interval, the methods of estimating life expectancy, completeness and 6 in the SEG method of estimating mortality." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5893.

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Death distribution methods, particularly the Generalized Growth Balance (GGB) and the Synthetic Extinct Generations (SEG) methods, have been observed to lead to the most accurate estimates when estimating mortality [1]. The more general version of the SEG method corrects for differential coverage of censuses directly by adding a constant (6) to the age-specific growth rates such that the correction leads to a horizontal series of age specific estimates of completeness. This research attempts to obtain the best variation of this version of the SEG method from a range of choices for an open inte

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Zinyakatira, Nesbert. "Completeness of death registration in Cape Town and its health districts, 1996-2004." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17272.

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It is important for health planners to have timeous and accurate data on deaths. The Department of Home Affairs is responsible for the registration of deaths and the City of Cape Town has a well-established system of collating the death statistics based on vital registration, but the completeness of the death registration has not been assessed previously. The completeness was assessed for the City of Cape Town by comparing their statistics with an estimate based on data obtained from adult deaths reported in the 2001 census. A second approach assessed the trend in completeness between 1996 and

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Sayi, Takudzwa S. "Fertility, birth intervals, and their proximate determinants in Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5888.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-72).<br>It is found that birth intervals have increased from about 28 months in the 1960s to about 51 months by the year 2000, with the greater part of this increase occuring after 1985. Fertility fell from birth intervals are congruent with each other, in terms of timing and tempo. Of the two main proximate determinants identified; marital status and contraceptive use, the latter is founf to be the more dominant force behind changes in birth spacing. Differentials by marital status are not significant. The research adds to a growing body of studi

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Kamangira, Boboh. "Infant and under-five mortality in South Africa : perspectives from the 2011 census and the 2012 HSRC Survey." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13143.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This research focuses on estimating infant and under-five mortality in South Africa for the period 1998-2012, both to update previous estimates taking into account new data and to assess the reasonableness of all estimates. Data from the 2011 Census and the 2012 HSRC survey were used for this purpose. The 2011 Census provided data from deaths reported by households as well as the survival of the most recent births. The 2012 HSRC provided full birth history data for women aged 15-49 which were used for direct estimation of childhood mortality. Deaths repo

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Fushayi, Nelly. "The determinants of contraceptive use in Zambia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10495.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-64).<br>The contraceptive prevalence rate in Zambia is high, while fertility decline is very slow. From 1992 to 2007, the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) increased from 8.9 per cent in 1992 to 32.7 per cent in 2007; while total fertility rate (TFR) fluctuated between 6.5 and 6.2. The study uses three Zambian Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data sets for 1996, 2001-2 and 2007 and applies multivariate logistic regression techniques to identify factors affecting the use and choice of modern contraceptives by Zambian women. The study seeks to

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Nduru, Polite Munyaradzi. "Investigating biases in census questions on mortality using Agincourt heath and demographic surveillance system data." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5891.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>An understanding of the errors found in census questions is important in order to assess the level of confidence in the census data and to get an appreciation of the impact of using these data in estimating mortality derived from census data. While demographic methods are often used to determine the direction of bias in the data, direct evaluation studies are required to determine the nature and extent of biases with more accuracy. Equally important is an understanding of the characteristics of the respondents who produce better res

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Zewdie, Samuel Abera. "Spatial analysis of child mortality in South Africa in relation to poverty and inequality : evidences from the 2011 census." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13078.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>Subnational estimates of child mortality are difficult to produce and are rare in Sub- Saharan Africa. It is the overall aim of this research to derive estimates of child mortality rates for the municipalities and provinces of South Africa using the 2011 census data, and to assess the results in relation to the level of poverty and inequality. The estimation of child mortality rates is achieved through the use of direct synthetic cohort methods with Bayesian spatial smoothing. The Bayesian spatial smoothing process is used to generate municipal level est

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Munjoma, Malvern. "Assessment of the robustness of recent births in estimating infant mortality using multi-country Demographic Health Survey data." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13169.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This dissertation investigates the robustness of recent births in estimating infant mortality rates from the proportion of deaths observed among births reported in a 24month period. The Blacker Brass technique is applied to all births reported in the 24month period and to most recent births in the 24 month period. The study uses birth history data from 76 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 16 countries across the developing world between 1986 and 2011. All births (and the deaths of those births) occurring in five 2-year periods before each surve

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Nyirenda, Makandwe. "Small area projections : modelling the demographic and epidemiological dynamics of a rural area in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5890.

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Machemedze, Takwanisa. "Old age mortality in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8980.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-74).<br>This study estimates the mortality of the South African oldest old age population (in five year age groups from age 75 up to the open age interval 100 and above) and in the process re-estimates the numbers of people in the population at these ages at the time of the 1996 and 2001 censuses, and the 2007 Community Survey. In countries where the data on the old age population have been verified, it has been observed that the data are marred by errors in the form of age exaggeration, age digit preference, relative under/over count of the popul

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Engdaw, Alehegn Worku. "Environmental health hazards on under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa : analysis using multilevel discrete-time hazard model." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13144.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>Environmental health hazards are pathogens and chemicals in the environment, which can cause health problems. The importance of such environmental factors in child health and survival are acknowledged in the literature. However, empirical researches on the effect of environmental health hazards on child health and survival are rare in sub- Saharan Africa. This study assesses the effect of household environmental health hazards on under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The study has used DHS data sets of the following 12 countries in the region: Burk

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Dobbie, Mark-Ross B. "The estimation and interpretation of adult mortality rates of African South Africans using Census 2001 data." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11920.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79).<br>This research develops estimates of mortality rates for adult Africans in South Africa for the twelve months preceding the census night, 9/10 October 2Q(B, using Census 2001 10% sample data. The approach used to estimate these rates follow the work done by Dorrington, Moultrie and Timaeus (2004) working with the full dataset, which is not publicly anilable, and demonstrate that the 10% sample can be used to produce similar results to the full database. The approach makes use of indirect estimation techniques for estimating the completeness

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