Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Author "Ikamari, Lawrence"
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The effect of education on the timing of marriage in Kenya
Ikamari, Lawrence (Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)This paper investigates the effect of education on the timing of marriage among Kenyan women and the relative effects of education across generations of women. Data used is drawn from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health ... -
’Explaining regional variation in infant and child mortality in Kenya’, Working Paper No. 57
Ikamari, Lawrence (University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1995) -
Perceptions and barriers to contraceptive use among adolescents aged 15 - 19 years in Kenya: a case study of Nairobi
Kinaro, Joyce; Kimani, Murungaru; Ikamari, Lawrence; Ayiemba, Elias H. O. (University of Nairobi, 2015)Even after the launch of family planning program in Kenya, in 1967, contraceptive use among adolescents has remained below 10 percent while child bearing has increased from 2 percent at age 15 to 36 percent at age 19. To ... -
Quasi-experimental evaluation of Kenya's pictorial health warnings versus Zambia's single text-only warning: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project
Kaai, Susan C; Sansone, Genevieve; Kaai, Susan C; Sansone, Genevieve; Meng, Gang; Ong'ang'o, Jane R; Goma, Fastone; Ikamari, Lawrence; Quah, Anne C K; Fong, Geoffrey T (University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Population studies in mostly high-income countries have shown that pictorial health warnings (PHWs) are much more effective than text-only warnings. This is the first quasi-experimental evaluation of the ... -
Utilization of maternal health services among young women in Kenya: insights from the KDHS 2003
Ochako, Rhoune; Fotso, Jean-Christopher; Ikamari, Lawrence; Khasakhala, Anne (University of Nairobi, 2015)