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context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their … children in the slums of Nairobi experience higher child morbidity (43 per cent have at least one sick child in the last one …
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informal sector in Kenya. However, a careful examination of different data sources for Nairobi show that in the 1990s there has … employees. Seven out of eight jobs in Nairobi still depend on the formal sector, through either formal or informal contracts …. Although migrants form more than three quarters of the active population in Nairobi, migration has not had a specific impact on …
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In recent years, Kenya's capital city Nairobi has experienced an influx of international economic migrants, as well as … International Organization for Migration in Kenya was concerned about the potential marginalization of urban migrants from … greater understanding of urban migrants' barriers to accessing healthcare in Nairobi compared with barriers faced by Kenyans …
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sector in Kenya. However, a careful examination of different data sources for Nairobi show that in the 1990s there has been … employees. Seven out of eight jobs in Nairobi still depend on the formal sector, through either formal or informal contracts …. Although migrants form more than three quarters of the active population in Nairobi, migration has not had a specific impact on …
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theoretically informed biographic disruption theory. Setting: Interviews were conducted in two Nairobi slums (Kenya). Participants …Objectives: To characterise the experiences of heterosexual men and women living with HIV post-diagnosis and explain …: 41 HIV-infected heterosexual men and women aged 18 years or older Results: People living with HIV have divergent …
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the environmental impacts in Kenya of what I term ‘donor-driven’ neoliberal reform processes using the 1990â …€™s privatization of Karura Forest in Nairobi as an entry point. My findings suggest that the regime of former President Moi improperly … reform in Kenya, the donors’ failure to anticipate how local political dynamics might complicate reform implementation …
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in two districts in Kenya between May 2005 and September 2005. Multinomial logit models and ordered probit models were …, Household Model, Multinomial Logistic Regression, Ordered Logistic Regression, Kenya. …
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on demographic behaviour in Kenya, with particular reference to the effect on fertility … of (1) rural migration, (2) women's age at marriage, (3) children mortality, and (4) educational level - constitutes part …
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the determinants of income and poverty in rural Kenya. Results from the regression reveal that household size has a … differences in income amongst rural households in Kenya. Ownership of non-durable assets such as tools and livestock improves … households' income generating ability. The results also reveal evidence of the feminisation of poverty in rural Kenya, which …
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