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Socio-economic factors influencing participation of students with special needs in public secondary schools in Kathiani district, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Education, 2013)Disability can be explained in terms of any restriction that results from impairment and hinders a person from performing an activity within the range considered normal for a normal person (Heward, 2006, Hardman, Drew & ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing performance of fish farming in Kwanza constituency-Trans-Nzoia County,Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The purpose of this study was to investigate socio-economic factors influencing the performance of fish farming in Kwanza Constituency, Trans-Nzoia County. Specifically, the study sought to investigate how farmer knowledge ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing pupils access to primary education in flood prone area of Budalangi District Busia Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The purpose of the study was to investigate socio-economic factors influencing pupils access in public primary schools in flood prone area of Budalangi district Busia County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing relief dependency in Dujis constituency, Garissa District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing relief dependency among households in Dujis Constituency in Garissa district. The research project explored global, African and Kenyan ... -
Socio-economic Factors Influencing Smallholder Banana Farmers’ Participation in Banana Farmers’ Association Marketing Channel in Murang’a South District.
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)This study analyses the socio-economic factors that influence smallholder banana farmers’ participation in a marketing association. The study further evaluates the returns from alternative banana marketing channels to ... -
Socio-economic Factors Influencing Students Drop Out In Public Secondary Schools In Rongo District, Migori County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,College of education and external studies,, 2013)The study was undertaken to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing public secondary school students’ dropout in Rongo District. The study sought to determine the influence of peer pressure, family headship, ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing students participation in middle level colleges in Machakos district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)In the recent past, there has been mushrooming of middle level colleges both public and private. In these colleges, students register in huge numbers, however, in Machakos district the number is small compared to the ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing students’ access to secondary school education in Rongo district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing students’ access to secondary education in Rongo district. Specifically the study sought to establish the extent to which tuition ... -
Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Students’ Dropout Rates In Public Secondary Schools In Msambweni Sub-County, Kwale County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Secondary school education was subsidized by the government in order to ensure that students acquire quality education. However, dropout is still a challenge in achieving this goal. This study was geared towards finding ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing student’s academic performance in public secondary schools in Igembe South District, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Education, 2013)The purpose of the study was to investigate the socio-economic factors influencing student's academic performance in public secondary schools in Igembe South District. The objectives of the study were: to establish how ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing sustainability of women income generating group projects in Mogotio sub-county, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 2013)Kenya vision 2030 has various projects with women enterprise fund. This aims to provide Kenyan women with access to alternative financial services through establishment of small and medium enterprises. The women enterprise ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing teachers’ effectiveness in productivity in public primary schools in Gaturi Division, Murang’a County, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Education, 2013)The study sought to find out the social economic factors influencing teachers effectiveness in productivity in Gaturi Division, Murang’a County, Kenya. The objectives that guided the study were remuneration, school ... -
Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Teen Pregnancies In Kwanza Sub-County, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Globally teenage Pregnancy has become a worrying trend. Young girls drop out of school due to pregnancy and may not continue with their normal life. Teenage pregnancy refers to girls becoming pregnant below the age of 19 ... -
The socio-economic factors influencing the adoption -of crop management technologies among smallholder maize farmers in Western Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2001-11)This study focused on the adoption of CM techniques on maize crop considering that CM issues, apart from fertilizer adoption, have hitherto received scanty attention in Kenya. The CM practices considered were: Weeding ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of maize storage technologies in Malawi
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, 2011-08)The widespread post harvest maize losses experienced in Malawi have been mostly attributed to the Larger Grain Borer (LGB) (Prostephanus truncates). Government of Malawi introduced various maize storage technologies to ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing the intensity of use of improved fallows, indigenous rock phospha te and biomass transfer in food production in Western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2004)Due to high population In western Kenya, farm sizes have dwindled over the vears. Most of the land has been farmed continously for years with little or no external inputs to replenish the used up nutrients Consequently ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing the performance of women in small and micro enterprises in Nyeri town, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study was undertaken to determine the socioeconomic factors influencing the performance of women in small and micro enterprises in Kenya. The objectives of the study were aligned with the influence of age, education ... -
Socio-economic factors influencing the performance of women income generating projects in Nakuru District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)This study assessed the socio-economic factors that influence the performance of such income generating projects. The factors include the level of education and training of the group members, the influence of leadership ...
