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    The causes and effects of domestic violence on academic performance of pupils in primary schools: a case study of Makindye Division, Kampala District
    (Kampala International University, College Of Education, Open,Distantance And E-Learning, 2013-08) Amwesiga, Hillary
    This study is aimed at finding out the causes and effects of domestic violence on academic performance of pupils in primary schools in Makindye Division in Kampala district, western Uganda. This study was directed by objectives and these include: To identify different forms of domestic violence in Makindye Division, To identify the causes of domestic violence and family instability among the people of Makindye Division, To establish the effects of domestic violence on family welfare in Makindye Division and to establish measures taken to reduce domestic violence in Makindye Division. The study was descriptive where stratified sampling was used to select population. It employed a total of 80 respondents as in chapter four. Data were analysed and presented using statistical methods of data presentation where percentages were integrated into tables. It was found out that there are effects of domestic violence on family affairs. There is a multiplicity of factors that lead to domestic violence. Among the factors discovered were; alcohol, lack of proper communication channel, unbalanced gender power, sexual demands, unfaithfulness. Among the recommendations given were, the need to provide lunch to pupils and students as well as teachers, the need for the government to act accordingly in order to reduce domestic violence and the people causing it to be punished and the community to socialize its members with their beliefs, values, knowledge, customs and norms of domestic violence.