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African immigrants in Durban : a case study of foreign street traders' contribution to the city.
(2011)This dissertation explores the livelihood activities of Durban's African migrant street traders. The study also seeks to gain insight into the challenges that confront them as well as the perceptions that local street ... -
Alcohol use at universities: a case study of young students in Durban.
(2021)Alcohol use is a global concern because of the health risks it poses that contributes to the overall burden of disease. Alcohol use among young people, especially university students, is concerning and a major public ... -
An analysis of the extent of migration and its impacts on the sending household in a rural area in South Africa.
(2014)The aim of this study is to analyse the extent and nature of labour migration and its impacts on the sending households in a rural area in South Africa, namely Agincourt, Mpumalanga. This is achieved through a quantitative ... -
An analysis of the impact of traditional initiation schools on adolescents sexual and reproductive health : a case study of rural Thulamela Municipality.
(2005)There has been a great deal of focus on young people and how they obtain information about reproductive health matters in the era of HIV/AIDS. However, there has very limited research on role of traditional initiation ... -
Ascertaining fertility replacement levels for Southern African countries.
(2014)The study set out to investigate the level of growth of populations of Southern African Countries by estimating the fertility levels, the mortality levels as well as the replacement fertility levels so as to establish if ... -
Assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices of boys and young men with regard to the prevention of pregnancy and HIV infection.
(2006)This paper focuses on boys and young men's attitudes, knowledge and practices with regard to pregnancy and HIV infection. The objective of the study is to ascertain how boys and young men perceive the risks of pregnancy ... -
Attitudes to motherhood and working mothers in South Africa : insights from quantitative attitudinal data.
Motherhood ideologies are rooted in cultural and historical contexts, and encapsulate attitudes towards the roles and expectations of mothers. In South Africa, with many languages and deep racial and socio-economic divisions, ... -
Awareness of reproductive cancers among students in Durban, South Africa.
(2017)Cancer is emerging as a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the leading cause of death in economically developed countries and the second leading cause of death in developing countries. In females, ... -
Changing gender roles in the household: a case study of Lamontville in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
(2021)Gender roles are expectations that individuals, groups, and societies have of people based on their sex. These expectations are also based on each society's values and beliefs. Society is constructed in a way that ... -
Childcare arrangements of migrants: a case study of mothers in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg.
(2018)Studies on migration focus on the various patterns of movements for individuals. These patterns were shaped by the colonial and apartheid-era policies, which channeled black male labour migration while women and children ... -
Church-based social spaces and HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa.
(2013)Primarily, this dissertation examined the extent to which churches have potential in preventing HIV/AIDS. Set in rural KwaZulu-Natal an area marked with both high levels of HIV prevalence and high religious participation, ... -
Communication about family planning on desired fertility among married people in Rwanda.
(2006)The decision to have a child is one of the most significant two people can ever make. Specifically, couple can typically plan when to begin a family, how large a family they want. Thus if a couple is planning on having ... -
Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services for youth : a health sector priority.
(2011)Sexual and reproductive health care have become key priorities both within developing and developed nations. Young people have been identified as particularly vulnerable to negative health outcomes. South Africa is one ... -
Computer literacy, employment and earnings : a cross-sectional study on South Africa using the National Income Dynamics Study 2008.
(2013)In this study I explore the extent of computer literacy in South Africa, the correlates of computer literacy, and the relationship between computer literacy and labour market outcomes, namely the probability of employment ... -
Consequences of gender based violence on reproductive health : a case study of female patients in Lemera Hospital.
(2010)This study was conducted in order to explore the experiences of survivors of gender based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim was to determine the impact of gender based violence on the reproductive health ... -
Contemporary partnership patterns among the Zulu population: perceptions of University of KwaZulu-Natal students.
(2019)The Zulu ethnic group is grappling with the contestations between tradition and modernity, where it is hard to find families that are purely traditional or completely modernized. The hybrid of the two is more prevalent, ... -
Contraceptive use amongst women of rural KwaZulu-Natal: a case study of Ntabamhlophe.
(2020)Sexual and reproductive health practices among women has been widely researched in South Africa. However, little is known about the contraceptive practices of older women in rural areas of South Africa as they are often ... -
Correlates of HIV perceived risks and protective strategies among adolescents in rural Malawi.
(2011)The study examined correlates of HIV perceived risks and protective strategies among adolescents in rural Malawi i.e. whether there was an association between socio demographic characteristics of adolescents and subsequent ... -
The demographic and human development indicators of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2020)This study will explore Demographic and Human Development Indicators of the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from the 2016 Community Survey (CS) conducted by Statistics South Africa. Limited research has been conducted ... -
Demographic and socio-economic determinants of female migration in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)Female migration in South Africa has been on the increase over the years. This thesis attempts to look at the demographic and socio-economic factors that drive this increase using data from the Africa Centre Demographic ...