Bureau of Market Researchhttps://hdl.handle.net/10500/182182024-03-29T08:16:54Z2024-03-29T08:16:54ZEffect of HIV/AIDS on fertility: historical evidence from South Africa’s women educatorsUdjo, Eric Ohttps://hdl.handle.net/10500/258272020-03-18T12:41:01Z2018-10-01T00:00:00ZEffect of HIV/AIDS on fertility: historical evidence from South Africa’s women educators
Udjo, Eric O
Context/Background: The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a public health challenge. Globally, South Africa ranks second in HIV prevalence and has the second lowest fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa. The effect of HIV/AIDS on fertility is contentious, although it is often assumed in population projections that HIV/AIDS reduces fertility. This study examines the effect of HIV/AIDS on the probability of getting pregnant among South Africa’s educators controlling for confounders.
Data Source and Methods: The data consisted of a representative sample of educators in public schools in South Africa in 2004. Statistical analysis utilized multivariate logistic regression.
Results: Controlling for confounders, HIV positive women educators aged 18-34 had higher odds of being pregnant in the preceding 12 months compared with HIV negative women educators in the same age group.
Conclusion: There was no evidence from this study that HIV positive women were less likely to be pregnant than HIV negative women.
2018-10-01T00:00:00ZDynamics of communicable diseases mortality in South Africa, 2000-2013Udjo, Eric Ohttps://hdl.handle.net/10500/235712018-02-01T01:01:38Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZDynamics of communicable diseases mortality in South Africa, 2000-2013
Udjo, Eric O
Communicable diseases dominate non-communicable diseases as causes of death in Africa. However, knowledge about their dynamics in the region is limited. This study examines the dynamics of communicable diseases mortality during the period 2000-2013 in South Africa.
Data Sources and Methods: The data consisted of death records from South Africa’s death registration system utilizing International Classification of Diseases Revision 10 codes. The estimates included computing age standardized death rates and logistic regression of factors associated with communicable diseases deaths.
Results: Communicable diseases’ deaths contributed at least a third to total deaths in South Africa in 2013.
Conclusion: Despite the roll out of free anti-retroviral therapy in public health facilities since 2004 and contrary to what some other researchers have argued, death rates from HIV/AIDS as underlying cause of death, increased during the period 2000-2013.
2017-01-01T00:00:00ZCan Estimating Completeness of Death Registration be used as Evidence of Inaccuracy of Population Size Estimates from a Census? The Case of the 2011 South African Population Census.Udjo, Eric Ohttps://hdl.handle.net/10500/225442018-01-31T08:46:20Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZCan Estimating Completeness of Death Registration be used as Evidence of Inaccuracy of Population Size Estimates from a Census? The Case of the 2011 South African Population Census.
Udjo, Eric O
Background: Knowledge about the size of the population is important for planning in any population. The census is the traditional source of information about population size. Accuracy of census figures can be in doubt even when a post-enumeration survey is used to adjust census figures. Results from the three post-apartheid censuses in South Africa are controversial. South Africa has a long history of death registration. Given the controversies surrounding South Africa’s censuses, this study examines whether estimating completeness of death registration can be a tool for assessing the accuracy of the 2011 official census population estimate. Implication of inaccuracy of census figures on life expectancy at birth estimates is also examined.
Data Sources and Methods: The data for the study are South Africa’s 2001 and 2011 Censuses, 2001 and 2011 Deaths registration. Estimation of completeness of death registration was based on the Growth Balance method.
Findings and Conclusion: The results indicate that using the official figures, the trend in completeness of death registration is illogical largely due to over-estimation of the population size in 2011. This in turn produces over-estimation of life expectancy at birth in South Africa. It is important to get population figures as accurate as possible to avoid inefficient allocation of scarce resource
2017-01-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Retirement Age Policy on the Workforce of a Higher Institution in South Africa.Udjo, Eric OErasmus, B.J.https://hdl.handle.net/10500/209742018-01-31T08:54:28Z2014-01-01T00:00:00ZImpact of Retirement Age Policy on the Workforce of a Higher Institution in South Africa.
Udjo, Eric O; Erasmus, B.J.
Several key sectors including higher education institutions have a skills
shortage in South Africa. Combined with aging of its workforce, higher
education institutions may find it increasingly difficult to maintain
adequate numbers of skilled and experienced employees to fulfill their
core functions. This study assesses the impact of mandatory retirement
age on the workforce of a higher education institution in South Africa.
The data were obtained from the Human Resources of the higher education institution and using an estimation model. The results indicate that a mandatory retirement age of 60 years has a negative impact on the future size of permanent academic staff in the
short-to-medium term. However, a mandatory retirement age of 65 years or even higher has positive impact on the number of permanent academic staff in the institution
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