11 |
Prevalence of childhood malnutrition among under 5 yrs children in Regae village in Greater Marble-Hall sub-district in Limpopo ProvinceMaditsi, Mohlapametse James 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPH.) --University of Limpopo, 2008. / Childhood malnutrition is one of the conditions that have been identified by
the world health organisation to be given high priority in terms of their control and management. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural village of Regae in the Limpopo province.
The study found that stunting and underweight are 17.5% whilst wasting is
at 12.9% in the village.
Key words: childhood malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight,
socioeconomic factors, educational level. / N/A
|
12 |
Sitting time in Germany : An analysis of socio-demographic and environmental correlatesWallmann-Sperlich, B., Bucksch, J., Hansen, S., Schantz, Peter, Froboese, I. January 2013 (has links)
Background: Sedentary behaviour in general and sitting time in particular is an emerging global health concern. The aim of this study was to provide data on the prevalence of sitting time in German adults and to examine socio-demographic and environmental correlates of sitting time. Methods. A representative sample of German adults (n = 2000; 967 men, 1033 women; 49.3 ±17.6 years of age) filled in the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, including one question on overall sitting time and answered questions about the neighbourhood environment, as well as concerning demographics. Daily sitting time was stratified by gender, age group, BMI, educational and income level, as well as physical activity (PA). To identify socio-demographic and environmental correlates of sitting time, we used a series of linear regressions. Results: The overall median was 5 hours (299 minutes) of sitting time/day and men sat longer than women (5 vs. 4 hours/day; p < 0.05). In both genders age and PA were negatively and the educational level positively associated with sitting time. The level of income was not a correlate of sitting time in multivariate analyses. Sitting time was significantly positively associated with higher neighbourhood safety for women. The variance of the multivariate model ranged from 16.5% for men to 8.9% for women. Conclusions: The overall sitting time was unequally distributed in the German adult population. Our findings suggest implementing specific interventions to reduce sitting time for subgroups such as men, younger aged adults and adults with a higher education and lower PA. Future studies should enhance our understanding of the specific correlates of different types and domains of sitting in order to guide the development of effective public health strategies. / <p>:doi 10.1186/1471-2458-13-196</p>
|
13 |
Conscience et connaissance du droit / Consciousness and Knowledge of LawRibordy, François-Xavier January 1975 (has links)
Le but de cette recherche est d'évaluer la conscience et la connaissance des lois a tous les niveaux scolaires soit: primaire, secondaire, collegial, universitaire et education permanente, afin de mettre sur pied un enseignement cumulatif du droit et de préparer un matériel pédagogique adapté au développement de l'étudiant.
We hope to evaluate consciousness and knowledge of the law at all educational levels: elementary, secondary, collegial and adult extension programs. Our aim is to introduce a cumulative program for the teaching of law and to prepare pedagogical material adapted to students at various levels of development
|
14 |
Middle managers’ perceptions of organistational justice after downsizing in the automotive industryArnold, Allison January 2013 (has links)
Masters in Public Administration - MPA / Organisations of every industry are changing continuously. A pervasive response to this experience is some form of downsizing. Chew and Horwitz (2002) state due to globalisation, organisations have increasingly adopted cost/ competitive measures to increase performance. Organisations inevitably seek to survive these pressures by downsizing. According to Tzafrir, Mona- Negrin, Havel and Rom Nagy (2006), downsizing is known to be defined as a company trying to increase its competitiveness, efficiency and productivity by decreasing the number of workers in the organisation. Drummond (2000) states that there is extra pressure put onto the remaining workers for productivity after the layoff process. It must be acknowledged that managers should be seen as both an employee and a supervisor. Managers therefore have to implement the change when the process occurs and deals with the reactions of him/herself and that of the subordinates (Wiesenfeld, Brockner, Petzall, Wolf & Bailey, 2001). To gain a competitive advantage, organisations must pay attention to their managers who are responsible for driving organisation’s processes and outcomes. Rana, Garg and Rastogi (2011) state that organisations need to attend to factors that influence managers’ performance and job satisfaction, such as perception of organisational justice. Managers’ perception of organisational justice is imperative, as subordinates mimic the behaviours and attitude of their managers (Wiesenfeld et al., 2001). The aim of this study is to investigate what impact the downsizing process had on the perception of organizational justice of survivor middle managers. The differences between middle managers’ age, gender, year of service or tenure, marital status and education level were taken into account. The study was conducted in different departments of a large Automotive Retail organisation where downsizing has taken place. A biographical questionnaire and a questionnaire designed to measure perceptions of organisational justice after downsizing (Niehoff and Moorman Organisational Justice Questionnaire), was administered to gather the data. The sample of one hundred and forty-four respondents consisted of male and female middle managers. Convenience sampling was utilised to select the sample. Statistical analyses involved both descriptive and inferential statistics. ANOVA and T-Test were the tools that were used to analyse the data. Findings indicates that there was a statistical significant
difference in middle managers’ perception of organisational justice based on gender, age, tenure, marital status and education level in the Automotive Industry.
|
15 |
Determinants of unemployment and earnings in South AfricaMathebula, Inocent Nelson January 2017 (has links)
Thesis (M. Sc. (Statistics)) --University of Limpopo, 2017. / South Africa is one of the countries with chronic high unemployment rate. The unemployment rate has consistently been above 24% for a considerable period of time. It is important for policy and decision makers to know the type of persons who are unemployed, and underemployed in order to come up with the right intervention. The purpose of this study was to find and describe the determinants of unemployment, underemployment, and earnings in South Africa.
In order to realize the objectives of the study, secondary data from 2012 Quarterly Labour Force Survey was used. Statistics South Africa collects labour market related information from persons between the age of 15 and 64. The data have information on status of unemployment, underemployment and earnings and other related to variables.
Logistic regression was applied on the data and it was found that age, gender, population group, marital status, level of education, and province were significant determinants of unemployment in South Africa. Gender, population group, sector, marital status and contract duration were found to be significantly associated with time-related underemployment. Generalised linear model was applied on the data and it was found that gender, population group, marital status, level of education contract duration, geographical location, and sector were the determinants of earnings.
|
16 |
Predictors of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Hispanic Women in the United StatesIlouno, Benedicta Ngozi 01 January 2015 (has links)
Minority women groups in the United States have the highest incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer. Hispanic women have the highest incidence rate and the second highest mortality rate of the disease. Researchers have examined the lower rates of cervical cancer screening among Hispanic women, as compared to other groups of U.S. women, but researchers have not examined the extent to which socioeconomic status, acculturation, and sexual activity impact Hispanic women's compliance with screening. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between compliance with cervical cancer screening and acculturation, socioeconomic status, and sexual activity among U.S. Hispanic women. The framework for investigating the extent of association between these identified barriers and willingness to comply with screening was the behavioral model for vulnerable populations. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to analyze data from the National Health Interview Survey for 2011, 2012, and 2013, focusing on U.S. Hispanic women ages 21 - 65 (N = 739). The findings from this study revealed that educational level was significantly associated with U.S. Hispanic women's cervical cancer screening; however, no statistically significant associations were found for socioeconomic status, acculturation, and sexual activity and screening rates for this group. Findings from this study can better inform researchers and others of the lower rate of screening for cervical cancer among U.S. Hispanic women. The findings will also promote positive social change by targeting U.S. Hispanic women and other minority women groups for programs that promote cervical cancer screening.
|
17 |
Personal, Family, and Curriculum Variables Among High School Dropouts with Mild DisabilitiesWhitt, Teresa Jr. 14 August 1998 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to examine personal, family, and curriculum variables among high school dropouts with mild disabilities. The review of research literature on dropouts from general and special education assisted in the selection of the variables.
The outcome variable (high school dropouts with mild disabilities) and the relationship to the following variables: personal (age, attendance, gender, and ethnicity); family (parents' economic level, parents' educational level, and one vs. two-parent households) and curriculum (academic credits, vocational credits, support credits, and work experience credits) were examined. The research examined the relationship of selected variables to dropouts.
Dropout status among students with mild disabilities was found to be 29 percent. When age was examined, increased age was weakly associated with a higher likelihood of becoming a dropout. Increased absenteeism was moderately associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out. However, the strength of the relationship between gender and the drop out status was not significant across any of the three categories of mild disabilities.
The analysis of ethnicity found that African-Americans with learning disabilities were more likely to drop out. In addition, the drop out rates for Caucasian youth were statistically significantly lower than drop out rates for other groups. Higher economic level was associated with a lower likelihood of dropping out. Increased educational level and households with two parents were also associated with a lower likelihood of dropping out among students with learning disabilities or mental retardation.
The higher the number of credits, the lower the likelihood of dropping out. Dropouts took fewer credits which is not surprising since dropouts by nature have fewer credits. / Ph. D.
|
18 |
Educational performance and cultural capital in a pandemic : The effect of pandemic strategies in Germany and Sweden on the relationship between PISA-test results and parental educational levelVenemyr, Josefin January 2024 (has links)
In the aftermath of the global pandemic, it is important to investigate its effects. Previous research suggests that the pandemic has negatively affected students’ school performance and that students with low-educated parents are more disadvantaged than their highly educated counterparts. In this field of research, previous Swedish studies on the pandemic effect are rare. To evaluate the effect of different strategies during the pandemic a comparative design is applied in the present study, where two countries with different strategies are compared. This thesis aims to investigate the effects of the pandemic strategies on educational performance, more specifically math scores, in Germany and Sweden, and whether the effect differed between levels of cultural capital. To reach the aim, a difference-in-differences approach is conducted, using interaction terms between year and country. The data are from the OECD’s PISA tests from 2018 and 2022, where 15-year-olds’ knowledge is assessed. The results show that both countries’ test scores were negatively affected during the pandemic, but no general difference between the countries was found. When analyzing the score changes over time within groups of parental educational level the change was larger for the students with medium relative to highly educated parents in both Sweden and Germany. There was no change for the loweducated group in Sweden, and it was small in Germany. There was no significant difference in test scores between the years and countries depending on the level of parental education. In conclusion, the pandemic effect on educational performance did not statistically differ between the countries. The scores of the children with medium-educated parents had the largest drop, and the children with low-educated parents had the smallest drop in score, if any.
|
19 |
The transferability of Human Capital : The Effect of Pre-Migration Education Levels on Employment Prospects for MENA Refugees in SwedenTambour, Zigge, Resare, Linus January 2024 (has links)
The successful integration of refugees originating from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a crucial and important task for Sweden. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights regarding the importance of education attained prior to migration for refugee’s labour market outcomes. This thesis investigates the return on pre-migration education for refugees, focusing on employment probability on the Swedish labour market. Utilising quantitative analysis of cross-sectional survey data provided by the European Social Survey spanning between the years 2010-2022, this study finds that for an additional year of schooling, MENA refugees have on average a 1.1 percentage points higher probability of being employed compared to natives. This is most likely caused by a larger signalling value of education for refugees. Still, refugees have a lower probability of being employed upon arrival in Sweden compared to natives with the same years of schooling. Furthermore, the study highlights the vital role of host-specific human capital in improving employment probabilities for refugees. These findings underscore the importance for policy makers of validating pre-migration education and that domestic human capital programs, including language training and workplace practice, play an important role in the integration of MENA refugees into the Swedish labour market. This report contributes to the existing literature by increasing the knowledge.
|
20 |
Teste de morfologia da língua portuguesa em sujeitos normais: efeitos de escolaridade / Morphological test in the Portuguese language in healthy subjects: schooling effectsCosta, Tharsila Moreira Gomes da 07 August 2017 (has links)
INTRODUÇÃO: Pouco se conhece sobre aspectos morfológicos da linguagem, o que representa uma lacuna no cenário das relações cérebro-mente. Os escassos estudos foram realizados em línguas anglo-saxônicas, com características diferentes do português brasileiro. Estudos dos aspectos morfológicos, em sujeitos com alterações neurológicas, demonstram efeitos do desempenho em tarefas de linguagem. Alguns estudos apontam que a flexão de verbos regulares e irregulares pode estar associada a mecanismos e processamentos cerebrais diferentes. A pesquisa sobre o comportamento de indivíduos sadios falantes do português brasileiro pode colaborar para a construção de referências que permitirão estudos futuros sobre sujeitos com alterações de linguagem. OBJETIVOS: verificar a produção morfológica em Língua Portuguesa do Brasil de sujeitos cognitivamente saudáveis por meio de um teste de flexão de verbos e pseudoverbos. MÉTODO: A amostra foi composta por sujeitos sadios, com idade entre 40 a 80 anos. Foi considerado o nível de escolaridade pelo número de anos em escola formal: o Grupo 1 (G1) entre 0 a 7 anos de estudo, e o Grupo 2 (G2) acima de 8 anos de estudo. O Teste foi composto por frases-alvo com verbos e pseudoverbos, balanceadas em tempo verbal, conjugação dos verbos e tipo do verbo (regular/irregular). As frases alvo foram apresentadas em áudio por meio de um software e o sujeito foi solicitado a completar a frase. RESULTADOS: As respostas dos sujeitos foram analisadas e descritas com perfis de desempenho dos grupos em relação à escolaridade. Nos verbos reais irregulares foi observado pior desempenho para o G1 em relação ao G2, com diferença estatística. Nos pseudoverbos foi observada diferença estatística em todas as flexões verbais, com desempenho pior para o G1. A análise qualitativa das respostas revelou efeito de lexicalização do pseudoverbo, ausência de respostas e transformações fonológicas mais frequentes nas respostas do G1. CONCLUSÃO: O presente estudo, realizado com uma amostra populacional cognitivamente saudável pode contribuir como referência para futuras pesquisas envolvendo pacientes com diferentes alterações de linguagem / Introduction: Little is known about the morphological aspects of language, which represents a gap in the brain-mind relationship scenario. The scarce studies were produced in Anglo-Saxon languages, with different characteristics from the Brazilian Portuguese. Studies on morphological aspects in subjects with neurological disorders have shown worst performance related to language tasks. A few studies indicate that the inflexion of regular and irregular verbs may be associated with different mechanisms and cerebral processes. The research about healthy Brazilian Portuguese speakers\' behavior may collaborate as reference for future studies with subjects with language disorders. Purpose: to verify the morphological production in the Portuguese language in healthy subjects through a verb and pseudoverb inflexion test. Methods: the sample was composed by cognitively healthy individuals with ages ranging between 40 to 80 years old. The years of formal education were considered as the educational level; the Group 1 (G1) between 0 to 7 years of study and the Group 2 (G2) above 8 years of study. The test consisted of 213 target-phrases with different verbal tenses. The sentences were built with real verbs and pseudoverbs. A program was designed to play the target-phrases in audio and the subjects had to complete the given sentence. Results: the subjects\' answers were transcribed and analyzed by their performance on the test and also through the type of answer presented to each stimulus. Subjects were then compared by their performance and educational level. For the real irregular verbs it was observed a worse performance by G1 than G2, with a marked statistical significance. For the pseudoverbs it was observed a statistical significance in all verb inflexions, with worse performance by G1. Qualitative analysis of the responses revealed a pseudoverb lexicalization effect, absence of answer and a more frequent phonological transformation for G1 answers. Conclusion: there is an education influence in the morphological production performance in cognitively healthy individuals. This study may contribute as a reference for future researches involving patients with language disorders in Brazil
|
Page generated in 0.1321 seconds