Economic growth and child mortality in Uganda (1990 — 2010)

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dc.contributor.authorMwebesa, Edson
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T12:56:58Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T12:56:58Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.descriptionA thesis presented to the college of higher degree and research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science in statisticsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research study set out to investigate the relationship that exists between Economic Growth and Child Mortality in Uganda from 1990 — 2010. The study used Expost facto methods as it used already existing facts, descriptive and inferential methods (correlation and regression analysis) in investigating whether there was a significant relationship between Economic Growth and Child Mortality in Uganda. The study found out that there is a negative relationship between Economic Growth and Child Mortality of (r = -0.306) and Adjusted R2 = 0.0460 at 0.05 level of significance showing that as economic growth increases, child mortality reduces.Up on regression, at 0.05 and 0.1 levels of significance, the data showed that there is no significant relationship between economic growth and child mortality in Uganda from 1990 — 2010 and the relationship was significant at 0.25 level of significant.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/7120
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKampala International University, College of Economics & Managementen_US
dc.subjectChild mortalityen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleEconomic growth and child mortality in Uganda (1990 — 2010)en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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