International Journal of Data Science and Analysis

Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2018

  • Hierarchical Logistic Regression Model for Multilevel Analysis: An Application on Use of Contraceptives Among Women in Reproductive Age in Kenya

    Linda Vugutsa Luvai, Fred Ongango

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 58-78
    Received: Jul. 19, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 08, 2018
    Published: Nov. 16, 2018
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    Abstract: Contraception allows women and couples to have the number of children they want, when they want them. This is everybody’s right according to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Use of Contraceptive also reduces the need for abortion by preventing unwanted pregnancies. It therefore reduces cases of unsafe abortion, one of the leading cau... Show More
  • Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) Analysis of Maize Prices and Extreme Weather Shocks

    Samuel Waiguru Muriuki, Joseph Kyalo Mung’atu, Antony Gichuhi Waititu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 79-88
    Received: Sep. 18, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 16, 2018
    Published: Nov. 16, 2018
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    Abstract: Food prices have experienced enormous movements and volatility in the recent past which can be predominantly attributed to climate change. Extreme weather events such as drought, flooding and heat waves have adverse effects on agricultural production in areas where agriculture is weather reliant. Among the extreme weather events experienced in Keny... Show More
  • Investigating the Existence of a Bubble in the Kenyan Real Estate Market

    Paul Kiarie Njoroge, Jane Akinyi Aduda, Carol Mugo

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 89-97
    Received: Oct. 11, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 23, 2018
    Published: Nov. 21, 2018
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    Abstract: In the Kenyan real estate industry, laws of economics seem to be violated. The demand for houses has been increasing tremendously despite the oversupply. This violates the laws of economics indicating a possibility of a real estate bubble. The study aimed at estimating short term and long term real estate price dynamics in Kenya using co-integratio... Show More
  • Bayesian Modelling of Kenya Extreme Debt with Correction for Budgetary Leakage

    Matabel Odin Odiaga, Samuel Musili Mwalili, Joseph Kyalo Mung’atu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 98-105
    Received: Oct. 24, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 08, 2018
    Published: Dec. 04, 2018
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    Abstract: Total public debt levels in Kenya are exponentially increasing due to rising budget deficit, poor public fund management as well as movement of various macro-economic indicators such as balance of payments, inflation, Gross Domestic Product, exchange rates, and grants leading to worries on whether or not the high debt levels would be sustainable in... Show More