Magister Scientiae - MSc (Statistics and Population Studies)

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    The AIDS transition: impact of HIV/AIDS on the demographic transition of black/African South Africans by 2021
    (University of the Western Cape, 2004) Matanyaire, Sandra D.; Shell, Robert C.H.; Haldenwang, B.B.; Dept. of Statistics; Faculty of Science
    The first two official AIDS cases were diagnosed in South Africa in 1982. During the same period of the 1980s, the black/African population was experiencing an accelerated fertility decline, following a period of accelerated mortality decline. Demographers invoked the demographic transition theory to explain the observed mortality and fertility decline. According to the demographic transition theory, mortality and fertility rates would continue declining to low, post transitional levels with increasing modernization. The relatively higher prevalence of HIV/AIDS estimated among black/African South Africans is expected to alter their demographic transition. This research investigated the impact of HIV/AIDS on the demographic transition of black/Africans by 2021.
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    An application of factor analysis on a 24-item scale on the attitudes towards AIDS precautions using Pearson, Spearman and Polychoric correlation matrices
    (University of the Western Cape, 2006) Abdalmajid, Mohammed Babekir Elmalik; Blignaut, Renette; Dept. of Statistics; Faculty of Science
    The 24-item scale has been used extensively to assess the attitudes towards AIDS precautions. This study investigated the usefulness and validity of the instrument in a South African setting, fourteen years after the development of the instrument. If a new structure could be found statistically, the HIV/AIDS prevention strategies could be more effective in aiding campaigns to change attitudes and sexual behaviour.
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on poverty in the Eastern Cape: a case study of Lusikisiki
    (University of the Western Cape, 2007) Dudeni, Nontembeko; Kotze, D; Kotze, Theuns; Dept. of Statistics; Faculty of Science
    In recent publications and reports it has been outlined that HIV/AIDS is growing rapidly in the rural communities and the levels of poverty are on the increase. HIV/AIDS has been viewed to have a disastrous impact in almost every sphere of life, affecting the business sector, employment/unemployment, poverty, marginalizing a section of the population and tearing families apart. The study was aimed at exploring more issues that evolved around HIV/AIDS and poverty and also to determine if HIV/AIDS can be closely linked to poverty, because it has been reported that these two strongly affected each other.