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    Analysis of the Impact of Sugarcane Plantation Farming on Livelihood of People: A Case Study of Lugazi Municipality
    (Makerere University, 2019-07-20) Nabuzale, Dianah Agath
    Commercial sugarcane farming has been practiced in Lugazi for nearly fifty years. This monocultural land use is associated with loss of natural vegetation and cropland, thus undermining food security status of a place. Further, sugarcane farming is a major contributor to loss of biodiversity. This study was conducted to assess the impact of sugarcane growing on the livelihood (income, health, food security, investment) on the people of Lugazi municipality. Data was collected using questionnaires and field observations. Land under indigenous food crops and vegetable has been declining since the introduction of sugarcane. Indigenous food crops and vegetable cultivation by farmers in the sugar belts has been declining. Furthermore, some farmers have abandoned the growing of these crops altogether. The results imply that sugarcane farming is a major contributor to agrobiodiversity erosion, an increase in investments and increase in the incomes of individuals. In order to curb further loss of biodiversity, reduction in the land under crop farming, efforts should particularly focus on food crops and livelihood diversification and adoption of farming technologies such as agroforestry.
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    Factors affecting international students’ academic performance: a case study of Makerere University
    (Makerere University, 2020-12) Garang, Daniel Adhal
    The main objective of this study was to assess the factors that affect international students’ academic performance at Makerere University. A quantitative cross-sectional research survey was employed. Participants in this study included university students of 100 respondents selected conveniently due to COVID’19 global pandemic which dispersed students and restricted movement. Frequencies and summary statistics were used during univariate analysis whereas correlation and linear regression at the bivariate and multivariate analysis. A relatively large of the respondents were male (54%). A large proportion of international students studying at Makerere University come from East African countries (86.9%) with Swahili as their dominant primary language (38%) and French as the least spoken primary language (4%). Most (67%) respondents agreed that food items in Uganda sell less expensive than in their home countries. A large number (70%) of the students reported that they do not struggle financially to pay tuition while at campus and at the same time agreeing that pocket money is not always enough. It was also found that majority of the international students reside in hostels (79%) while few reside in halls (7%), commute from home (8%) or live-in rentals (9%). On multivariate analysis, age, gender, refugee status, English language and type of Sponsorship were selected. The student’s CGPA, keeping other factors constant, is 3.53. Refugee status was found to have a significant impact on academic performance. On average, a refugee student has a CGPA lower by 0.278 p-value (0.007<0.05) as compared to non-refugee students. The findings reveal that (i) future studies should include more than one institution/university in order to have a larger sample size, (ii). Focus needs to be given to the refugee students by policy makers and governments since they have low CGPA.
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    Factors influencing social media addiction among university students
    (Makerere University, 2021-02) Tayebwa, Micheal
    The document consists of five chapters; the first chapter contains the background of the study, hypothesis, objectives, and significance of the study. The second chapter consists of the literature review of the factors influencing social media addiction among university students. The third chapter contains the methodology of the study, data analysis and interpretation of the study conclusion and recommendation. The main objectives of the study were to find out the factors influencing social media addiction among university students. The specific objectives of the study include; 1. Finding out the relationship between place of residence and social media addiction. 2. The relationship between numbers of years spent using social media and social media addiction, 3. The relationship between age of the respondent and social media addiction. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain a sample of 107 respondents from the population. The study found out that the place of residence and number of years spent using social media had a significant relationship with social media addiction.
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    Factors influencing contraceptive use among women aged 15-49 years in Central Uganda
    (Makerere University, 2021-02) Namatovu, Luwaga Prossy
    Over the years, it is believed that family planning programs through promoting the use of contraceptives have played an important role in reducing fertility and its negative effects on health and development. Despite the steady increase in the CPR (34%), The Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UBOS and ICF, 2017) progress report shows that the unmet need for contraception in Uganda is at 28.4% (CF, 2016) indicating that not all women who want to avoid getting pregnant use modern and effective contraceptive methods. The main objective of the study is to find out the community and individual factors influencing modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age (15-49) in central Uganda. Data was analyzed using SPSS Analysis tool and analysis was done at these levels namely; Univariate and Bivariate Analysis and multivariate. At the Univariate level, simple descriptive statistics of the respondents were done. The largest proportion of respondents (52.0 percent) were from rural areas and only 48.0 percent were urban dwellers. The percentage of women who ever used contraceptives varied significantly P=0.001 by wealth status of the respondents. It was highest (66.4 percent) among rich households, 65.6 percent middle then 58.8 percent among poor households. However, differentials by region (P=0.088), use of the internet (P=0.701) and the number of unions (P=0.493) insignificantly varied with the ever use of contraceptive. This study focused on women of reproductive ages in Central Uganda. The majority were between 20-24 years and constituted of 23 percent. Most of the respondents were Catholics 34.9%, had attained primary education (43.1%) and were either married or living together (54.8%). Women empowerment is one of the most important measures that can be investigated to increase contraceptive use among women. This can be done through promoting girl child education.