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Estimating the completeness of census enumeration: a case study of Kenya population and housing censuses 1989 and 1999
(2014)This study explores trends in completeness of census data in Kenya for 2 successive inter-censal periods of 1979-89 and 1989-99. The objective of the study was to estimate the completeness of Kenya’s 1999 and 1989 censuses ... -
Estimating the contraceptive prevalence required to reach a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.5 by the year 2010 based on the TFR of 4.7 in the year 1998: application of John Bongaarts general model for target setting
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2000)Fertility in Kenya is declining. This is evidenced by the 1989 and 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) results. The recently released 1998 KDHS report indicates that this trend has continued into the late ... -
Estimating the Economic Value of Non Timber Forest Products to the Adjacent Communities of Marsabit Forest Reserve, Marsabit County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Non-timber forest products are biological components of the forest ecosystem that exist in nature and are generally not cultivated and are of great importance to the forest adjacent communities due to their ability to ... -
Estimating the supply response of Kenya's small-scale coffee production to real producer prices
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Continued economic growth and reliance on small scale coffee productions has come under threat owing to the numerous fluctuations in price of coffee and marketing difficulties farmers face through the various marketing ... -
Estimating the Systematic Return Risk for the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 1991)The risk and return parameters of a stock market are of great interest not only to investors but to scholars and regulatory authorities among others. They give the "big" picture of the entire market and are therefore ... -
Estimating trends on the effects of breastfeeding on postpartum amenorrhea in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)The duration of postpartum amenorrhea plays a dominant role in shaping the fertility behavior of any population. The main objective of this study was to estimate the duration of postpartum amenorrhea using data on duration ... -
Estimating Willingness to Pay and Its Determinants for Nhif Cover Among Boda Boda Operators in Kakamega County
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Estimation of Entropy in Kenya
(Institute of population Studies and research, 2003)The study estimates entropy values in Kenya, which have been lacking. Risks in death are also estimated. The study uses the 1969 -79, 1979 -89 and 1989 -99 censuses data on expectation of'tife and survivorship. The ... -
The estimation of adult mortality differentials in Kenya using a life table technique
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1985-07)In this study, the Horiuchi and Bennett (1981) technique is used to study the quality of the data on the number of registered deaths. The Preston and Bennett (1983), and the Bennett and Horiuchi (1982) techniques are then ... -
Estimation of adult mortality in Kenya using information on orphan-hood
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1986-05)There are various ways of constructing life table using indirect methods. One such method is using information of both child and adult mortality. In this thesis we have used the Trussell's method of estimating child ... -
Estimation of age distributions, census coverage and death registration completeness in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Population Studies, 1990-08)This thesis has examined two aspects of demography t namely; the completeness of death registration and reIative coverage of censuses in Kenya at the national level and by sex. The data used was the 1969 and 1979 censuses ... -
Estimation of completed fertility trends in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)This study set out to adopt the use of Parity Progression Ratio (PPR) to estimate Completed Fertility using the fertility table model. The conventional age-based measure of fertility (ASFR) and their sum over all ages, the ... -
Estimation of fertility in Kenya using parity progression model
(University Of NairobiPopulation Studies And Research Institute, 1997)The study was intended to estimate Kenya's fertility from information derived from 1993 KDHS. The measurements used herein are parity progression ratios ( pace of childbearing), the mean children ever-born ... -
Estimation of Fertility in Kenya Using the Projected Parity Progression Ratios: Evidence From 1999 and 2009 Censuses
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The objective of this study was to analyze the fertility levels and trends in Kenya using the projected parity progression ratios. It sought to establish whether the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) computed from the projected ... -
Estimation of fertility in Kenya: an application of the relational gompertz and reverse survival models
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Fertility in Kenya has been declining since 1980s. However, this decline experienced a stall during the period 2000-2007. The objective of this study was to determine levels and trends of fertility in Kenya. Specifically, ... -
Estimation of fertility levels and differentials in Kenya: an application of relational gompertz and coale-trussell models.
(institute of population studies and research, 1986)The objective of this Thesis is two-fold. The first is to derive new estimates of the levels and differentials of fertility for Kenya: both at National, Provincial and district levels, through the application of the ... -
Estimation of Fertility Levels in Kenya Using the Reverse Survival Techniques
(University of NairobiPSRI (Population studies and Research Institute), 1991)In direct technique of estimating fertility levels can broadly be divided into categories. The first category used the retrospective data on the mean number olf children ever born and the births during the last year by ... -
Estimation of infant and childhood mortality in Kenya when mortality conditions are declining: evidence from 1969 and 1979 censuses.
(Institute of population Studies and research, 1987)This study is concerned with investigating the accuracy of Brass estimates under conditions where mortality schedules are known or suspected to have been declining in the recent past. To achieve this task, three techniques ...