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Parental Education and High School Completion in the Urban Informal Settlements in Kenya
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Abuya, Benta A.; Elungata, Patricia; Mutisya, Maurice; Kabiru, Caroline W. – Cogent Education, 2017
A well-established empirical association exists between family background and children's educational attainment. Studies have shown the importance of parental education for not just children's educational outcomes but also other behavioral, and health outcomes. In this paper, data collected by African Population and Health Research Center in 2012…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Background, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate
Association between Education and Domestic Violence among Women Being Offered an HIV Test in Urban and Rural Areas in Kenya
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Abuya, Benta A.; Onsomu, Elijah O.; Moore, DaKysha; Piper, Crystal N. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The objective of this study was to examine the association between education and domestic violence among women being offered an HIV test in urban and rural areas in Kenya. A sample selection of women who experienced physical (n = 4,308), sexual (n = 4,309), and emotional violence (n = 4,312) aged 15 to 49 allowed for the estimation of the…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Secondary Education
Predictors of Attitudes toward Disability and Employment Policy Issues among Undergraduate Students at the University of Nairobi
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Mamboleo, George Isaboke – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Disability rights issues are an emerging area of discourse in Kenya. Persons with disabilities in Kenya face many barriers to integration into the larger Kenyan society possibly due to barriers such as societal negative attitudes. Research has indicated that the greatest barrier to rehabilitation of persons with disabilities is negative attitudes…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Employees, Negative Attitudes, Disabilities