Browsing Research Articles (Statistics & Population Studies) by Author "Blignaut, Renette"

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    • Correlates of gender characteristics, health and empowerment of women in Ethiopia 

      Lailulo, Yishak Abraham; Susuman, A Sathiya; Blignaut, Renette (BMC, 2015)
      The low status of women prevents them from recognizing and voicing their concerns about health needs. This study aimed to examine the relationship between gender characteristics, health and empowerment of women in an ...

    • Improving maternal and reproductive health in Ethiopia 

      Lailulo, Yishak Abraham; Appunni, Sathiya Susuman; Blignaut, Renette (Sage Publications, 2017)
      This study aimed to examine the relationship between maternal health and good quality of life in an attempt to understand the years between 2005 and 2011. Data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys 2005 and 2011 ...

    • Maths4Stats: Opleiding vir onderwysers 

      Blignaut, Renette; Luus, Retha; Lombard, Ronell; Latief, Abduraghiem; Kotze, Danelle (AOSIS, 2013)
      Maths4Stats: Educating teachers. The inadequate nature of the education infrastructure in South Africa has led to poor academic performance at public schools. Problems within schools such as under-qualified teachers and ...

    • Multiple imputation of unordered categorical missing data: A comparison of the multivariate normal imputation and multiple imputation by chained equations 

      Karangwa, Innocent; Kotze, Danelle; Blignaut, Renette (Brazilian Statistical Association, 2016)
      . Missing data are common in survey data sets. Enrolled subjects do not often have data recorded for all variables of interest. The inappropriate handling of them may negatively affect the inferences drawn. Therefore, special ...

    • Understanding issues of people living with disabilities in South Africa 

      Appunni, Sathiya Susuman; Blignaut, Renette; Lougue, Siaka (SAGE Publications, 2013)
      The problem of disabilities is growing all over the world. Nevertheless, some progress has been made since the year 1981 was proclaimed International Year of Disabled Persons. In 2001 people living with disabilities accounted ...