ABSTRACT This study set out to investigate the role of religion in retaining people in abusive marraiges in Trans-Nzoia County.
ABSTRACT This dissertation explores the livelihood experiences and survival strategies of tro-tro driver mates in Tema station, Accra. Tro-tro driver mates are teenagers or young men who assist tro-tro drivers‘ enroute short or long distance travels in mini-buses in Ghana. Many of them are migrants who are believed to have come from other regions of Ghana and have come to settle in Accra to find a better life in the city. As migrants, there is the need to study them to understand the nature...
ABSTRACT Individuals diagnosed with mental illness encounter stigma and discrimination under various circumstances and these negatively affect them. Even though support systems and attitudes of the general public act as sources of stigma, perceptions held by the patients also influence their sensitivity to the experiences they encounter. The purpose of this study was to describe the role of personal factors in bringing about stigma.It also explored the public attitudes toward individuals dia...
ABSTRACT The study was an in-depth analysis of the influence of childlessness on marital survival in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The study explored ways of reducing pressure both from the family and the society as a whole with particular reference to examining the existing causes and effects of infertility in the society. The instrument for data collection utilized for the study was questionnaire. The sampling techniques used for this study was cross-sectional survey resea...
ABSTRACT This study set to find out the relationship between personal power and marital satisfaction among married staff at Kampala International University, Kampala District. It was guided by five specific objectives, that included determining of the i) profile of respondents in terms of age, gender, education level, marriage order, number of children, marriage duration and headship of family; ii) determining the level of personal power; iii) the level of marital satisfaction; iv) the diff...
ABSTRACT After former government of Somalia throw out in 1991, all educational institutions have collapsed, due to lack of government, budget for education, salaries for teachers, and funds for rehabilitating schools in Somalia. International donors started to provide some limited support through United Nations agencies by financing many educational projects including primary school projects and their focus was almost entirely on the goals of improving enrolment and retention in primary sch...
ABSTRACT Forest road construction appears to be the most expensive single investment in forest operations and designing forest road to specification is a complex engineering problem involving economic, environmental and social factors. The study was carried out to assess the technical compliances to recommended land owners guide to building forest access road in a forest estate in Nigeria. The study was carried out at Ondo State Afforestation Project (OSAP) Headquarters, South West Nigeria. D...
Table of contents PageDECLARATION.ivAPPROVAL vDEDICATION viACKNOWLEDGMENT viiDEFINITIONS OF TERMS viiiABSTRACT ixCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11.1 Background to the study 11.2 Statement of the problem 11.3 Purpose of the study 21.4 Specific objectives 21.5 Research questions 21.6 Significance of the study 21.7 Scope of the study 3CHAPTER TWO 4LITERATURE REVIEW 42.1 Introduction 42.2 Formation of social networks 42.4 Social networks and urban survival 5CHAPTER THREE 7RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 73.1 Int...
ABSTRACT The main objectives of this study were to investigate into effectiveness of teaching Physics and factors which influence educational aspirations of secondary schools in Siakago Division. The objectives guiding the study were that, students· social background, personal and social factors influence their education and occupational aspirations. These factors were considered to be important since they have not been investigated in Siakago Division .The subjects for this study willl00 in...
ABSTRACT The study focused on factors influencing distribution of secondary school teachers in Tanzania taking as a case study selected secondary schools in Bahi district. The study sought to address three objectives, first; to examine the feasibility of existing policies and procedures for allocation of teachers in secondary school in Bahi district. Second, to determine the factors influencing the distribution of teachers in secondary school in Bahi district. Third, to explore possible stra...
TABLE OF CONTENTS page DECLA APPROVAL DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV LISTOFSTATUTES v LIST OF CASES VI TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE lNTRODUC~flON 1.0 Background Information 1 1.1 Statement of the problem 3 1.2 Purpose of the study 3 1.3 Research objectives 3 1.3.1 General objectives 3 1.3.2 Specific objectives 3 1.4 Research questions 4 1.5 Scope 4 1.6 Significance 4 1.7 Definition of key words 5 CHAPTER TWO UTERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Introduction 6 2.1 Maritime legislation 7 2.2 Administrati...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relative effectiveness of Family Counselling Therapy and the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy in reduce burnout among married working nursing mothers. The moderating effects of participants‘ personality type, childrearing styles and spousal communication on burnout of married working nursing mothers were also investigated. The study also sought to determine if participants‘ family size, gender of children, age at and length of marriage, educational qual...
Abstract/Overview Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the socio-economic challenges faced by CoG-Kenya in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya. Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional research that sought to give an examining and descriptive scrutiny of the CoG-K‟s activities in Emuhaya District of Western Kenya. This study sampled a total of 312 respondents (1 Bishop, 1 General Secretary, 1 General Assembly Trustee, 1 General Assembly Treasurer, 16 D...
ABSTRACT Empowering women to contribute their quota towards community and national development has become a contemporary issue embraced worldwide. Despite the fact that women’s political participation right has been enshrined in the international law, little is known about the struggles and experience women in Africa face in their quest to participate in the development of the community and the country at large. The study sought to examine socio-cultural factors affecting the participation...
ABSTRACT Pneumococcal disease remains the biggest killer of children living in Kenya. This is true despite inclusion of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the Kenya Expanded Program on Immunization. Serotype replacement, emergence of antibiotic resistance, inaccurate laboratory diagnosis due to optochin resistant bacterial types and a range of environmental and host related risk factors have been touted to be the cause of these statistics elsewhere. This study sought to establis...