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Determinants of Career Choice Among Students in Public Senior High Schools in the Asikuma-odoben brakwa District

The study examined the factors responsible for career choice among students of public senior high schools in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. The descriptive design was employed for the study. The study used the purposive sampling technique to include 357 senior high students for the study. Closed ended questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.71 was used to collect data. Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used for5 the data analysis. Findings from this study showed that environmental factors influenced career choice among senior high school students. Students reported that opportunities and self-knowledge influenced their career choice. It was found that environmental factors influenced choice of careers. Respondents mentioned that money had been an issue in choosing a career, their parents had great influence in their career choice and moving with students in tertiary institutions did affect their choice of career. It was concluded that counsellors at various senior high schools should sensitize students regarding solutions to challenges they faced when making career choices. It is recommended that school guidance counsellors need to develop effective and comprehensive guidance and counselling programme for schools. This would help students to know about the various career options available in order to and utilize them

Source: UCC
Determinants of career choice among students in Public senior high schools in the Asikuma-Odobenbrakwa District

The study examined the factors responsible for career choice among students of public senior high schools in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. The descriptive design was employed for the study. The study used the purposive sampling technique to include 357 senior high students for the study. Closedended questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.71 was used to collect data. Frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used for5 the data analysis. Findings from this study showed that environmental factors influenced career choice among senior high school students. Students reported that opportunities and self-knowledge influenced their career choice. It was found that environmental factors influenced choice of careers. Respondents mentioned that money had been an issue in choosing a career, their parents had great influence in their career choice and moving with students in tertiary institutions did affect their choice of career. It was concluded that counsellors at various senior high schools should sensitize students regarding solutions to challenges they faced when making career choices. It is recommended that school guidance counsellors need to develop effective and comprehensive guidance and counselling programme for schools. This would help students to know about the various career options available in order to and utilize them.

Source: UCC
Determinants of career indecision in the career paths of Senior High School Students in Ghana

The study sought to identify the determinants of career indecision among senior high school students in Ghana. This study employed the descriptive survey design. Data were collected using a four-point Likert-type scale questionnaire. Data analysis and presentation of results were done using Mean, Standard Deviation, Independent Samples t-test, Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The study revealed that lack of career information, self-knowledge, decision-making fear and anxiety, peer influence, family influence, academic achievement difficulties and lack of career counselling worked as determinants of career indecision of Senior High School Students in Ghana. Also, peer influence, family influence and academic achievement difficulties were the most prevalent determinants of career indecision. It was also revealed that there were significant differences on the basis of gender as well as type of school, while there were significant relationships between career indecision and lack of career counselling, and also, between career indecision and academic achievement difficulties. It was recommended that the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service should institute and implement policies that would promote career planning, development and choice for senior high school students in Ghana. Another recommendation was that school counsellors should be sensitive to issues of peer influence, family influence, and academic achievement difficulties during counselling sessions for informed and effective career decision-making by senior high school students.

Source: UCC
Determinants of career progression among female lecturers in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana: The moderating role of socio-cultural factors

The study examined the effect of individual factors, organizational factors and socio-cultural factors on female lecturers’ career progression in the University of Cape Coast. The sequential explanatory research design was employed for the study. Using the census sampling technique, 152 respondents were used in the study. Questionnaires and interview guide were used for the collection of primary data and respectively analysed using PLS-SEM and thematic analysis. The results showed that individual factors (self-efficacy, personality, selfperception) and organisational factors (organisational policies, availability of information, opportunities for professional development) affects female lecturers’ career progression. Socio-cultural factors, which includes mentorship and culture, did not affect female lecturers’ career progression in the University of Cape Coast. However, they moderated the relationship between individual factors and career progression. The study recommends that University of Cape Coast human resource programmes, policies and strategies should focus more on building the self-efficacy and self-perception of female lecturers to ensure their progression. Furthermore, adequate opportunities and information about promotion should be provided to female lecturers, as well as adopting favourable policies like work life policies by the University.

Source: UCC
Determinants of Choice of Interior Design by Academic Staff of the University of Cape Coast

Interior design is specifically important at the initial phase of a project where information is gathered about the client's spatial needs. This is because a successful project is arguably established by the client choosing that space as acceptable. The objectives of the study explore prevalent human factors issues within office interiors, as well as, cognition, the external environment and human factors influencing the individual’s choices of interior design. Using responses from 175 academic staff of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, the response rate of 72% sufficiently represents the sample. This two-phased study included answering of questionnaires by respondents, followed up by analysis and then two more interviews with two project management members. The tools employed for this study included Kendall’s Coefficient of Concordance, SEM and a narrative analysis. Eleven items were identified as factors having an impact on choice of interior design and they were categorised under three variables. Results of the ranking revealed standard clearances, crowding and proxemics within the interior are major problems. The result of the SEM analysis of the three identified factors affecting choice of interior design revealed that the cognitive and environmental factors had significant relationship with choice of interior design at ρ-values of 0.000 and 0.001, respectively, while human factors had significant relationship with choice of interior design at a ρ-value of 0.014. The results were supported by the qualitative findings and captured relevant data that answered the objectives of the study. The study recommended that reviews and audits, consultation with project management before completion of the interior project and careful design planning in the initial stages of the project.

Source: UCC
Determinants of choice of skilled antenatal care service providers in Ghana: analysis of demographic and health survey

Background: The International Safe Motherhood initiative provides a focus for programmes and research to improve maternal health in low – income countries. Antenatal care is one of the key pillars of the initiative. This study sought to examine the association between background characteristics and choice of skilled providers of antenatal care services in Ghana. Methods: The study used data from the six rounds of the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). Binary logistic regression models were applied to analyze the data. Results: Results show that the proportion of women who received antenatal care (ANC) services from skilled providers improved over the period. Also, women with secondary education (OR = 1.42, CI = 1.07–1.88), richest wealth status (OR = 5.10, CI = 2.28–11.85) were more likely to utilize antenatal care services from skilled providers. Whereas women from rural areas (OR = 0.55, CI = 0.41–0.74), with four births or more (OR = 0.55, CI = 0.36–0.85) and from the northern ethnic group were less likely to utilize antenatal care services from skilled providers. Conclusion: Choice of skilled providers of antenatal care services were predicted by some predisposing factors including education, ethnicity, and ecological zone. Also enabling factors such as wealth status, residence and the need for care factor, parity predicted choice of skilled providers of antenatal care services. Women with secondary or higher education, those within richer and richest wealth status, those from forest zone are more likely to utilize the services of skilled providers during their antenatal care visits. Whereas women from rural areas, those with four births or more and those with the northern ethnic group were more likely to utilize ANC service from unskilled providers. he Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Health should encourage women in rural areas to utilize antenatal care services from skilled providers through social and behavior change communication campaigns

Source: UCC
Determinants of Collective Action for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Haramaya District of Ethiopia

The study set out to assess determinants of collective action for sustainable natural resource management in the Haramaya District of Ethiopia. It employed a combination of purposive and random sampling techniques to select three representative sites in the district and interviewees for the first phase community level survey and 180 sampled respondents for second phase household level survey respectively. The primary data were collected using both qualitative and quantitative approach. Description of verbal expression of respondents, interpretation and appreciation of facts were used for the qualitative data analysis. Simple descriptive statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data. The study revealed an increasing level of natural resource scarcity and degradation over time implying the need for collective action among different resource users. However, the likelihood of collective action among resource users was found less likely to happen mainly due to dwindling social capital (trust) among resource users, low support of institutional (endogenous and exogenous) arrangements, and differences among resource users (farm proximity to commons). Furthermore, low level of past collective action experience, low understanding of the resource situation 一 perceived level of natural resource degradation and natural resource interdependencies - and required coordinated action among resource users to overcome natural resource degradation were found to have reasonably contributed to the low likelihood of collective action. The research, thus, recommends the need for institutional policy reform and the enhancement of community awareness about the natural resource situation and the required collective action

Source: UCC
Determinants of contraceptive use among females in Ghana

The aim of this study is to assess the determinants of contraceptive use among females in Ghana. The rate of contraceptive use among females in Ghana is very low. That leads to high fertility, high maternal mortality and high infant mortality in the country. So to improve the overall reproductive health status of women, it is important to encourage contraceptive use among women. This study investigates the effects of some demographic, social programmatic factors on current use of contraceptives among female using data from Ghana Demography and Health Survey 2008. The analysis used include descriptive, cross tabulation and Multivariate statistics method. Findings showed that knowledge of contraception is almost universal among the women. The use of modern and traditional method of contraception is high among all the regions except that of Northern Region. The use of modern method of contraception is very high in Greater Accra and Brong Ahafo, but low in Northern and Western Region. The use of traditional method of contraception is very high in Ashanti and Greater Accra region but less in Northern and Upper West Regions. The findings from the bivariate analysis suggest that all the variables namely age; residence, education, region, religion, employment status and exposure to media had significant effect on contraceptive use. The major findings derived from the study is for policy formulations and appropriate interventions for increasing the level of contraceptive use among females in Ghana as well as to give suggestion for further research on this issue.

Source: UCC
Determinants of Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age in Asankragwa in the Western Region of Ghana.

Contraceptive use is an important intervention in reducing unplanned pregnancies and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study investigates the knowledge of contraceptive use, identify the barriers of contraceptive use, and determine the predictors of contraceptive use among women in a peri-urban community in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional survey design, a total of 189 women of childbearing age was sampled in a peri-urban community in Ghana. Data were collected with questionnaires and analyzed using chi-square and binary logistic regression. The result shows that more than half of the participants ( 63.6% (n = 56) of contraceptive users knew seven to twelve types of contraceptives, whereas 46.6% of noncontraceptive users indicated they knew seven to twelve types of contraceptives. Knowledge of the types and uses of contraceptive was significantly associated with contraceptive usage. Spousal consent, adverse effects, lack of knowledge about the benefits and religion were the main barriers to contraceptive use. There was a strong association between marital status, income, age and contraceptive use among women (p <0.05). Women with no children and women with one to two children were 7 times (95%CI, 2.00, 27.78) more likely to use contraceptives. Those with more than three children were 11 times (95%CI 2.34, 54.87) more likely to use contraceptives. Although the women knew about the uses and types of contraceptives, utilisation was low. Parity was high among the factors that predicted the non-usage of contraceptives among women. The findings of this study call for a comprehensive education on contraceptives at various levels of the health delivery system.

Source: UCC
Determinants of Contraceptive Use among Women of Reproductive Age in Asankragwa in the Western Region of Ghana.

Contraceptive use is an important intervention in reducing unplanned pregnancies and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This study investigates the knowledge of contraceptive use, identify the barriers of contraceptive use, and determine the predictors of contraceptive use among women in a peri-urban community in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional survey design, a total of 189 women of childbearing age was sampled in a peri-urban community in Ghana. Data were collected with questionnaires and analyzed using chi-square and binary logistic regression. The result shows that more than half of the participants ( 63.6% (n = 56) of contraceptive users knew seven to twelve types of contraceptives, whereas 46.6% of noncontraceptive users indicated they knew seven to twelve types of contraceptives. Knowledge of the types and uses of contraceptive was significantly associated with contraceptive usage. Spousal consent, adverse effects, lack of knowledge about the benefits and religion were the main barriers to contraceptive use. There was a strong association between marital status, income, age and contraceptive use among women (p <0.05). Women with no children and women with one to two children were 7 times (95%CI, 2.00, 27.78) more likely to use contraceptives. Those with more than three children were 11 times (95%CI 2.34, 54.87) more likely to use contraceptives. Although the women knew about the uses and types of contraceptives, utilisation was low. Parity was high among the factors that predicted the non-usage of contraceptives among women. The findings of this study call for a comprehensive education on contraceptives at various levels of the health delivery system

Source: UCC
Determinants of crystalluria among type 2 diabetes patients; A case-control study of the Agona West Municipality, Ghana

Background/Aim: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been implicated as a risk factor for nephrolithiasis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of crystalluria among individuals with T2DM. It further sought to identify associated risks, which could influence crystalluria. Methods: A case–control study with random sampling of 165 diabetes patients (cases) and 40 healthy non-diabetics (controls) was conducted from December 2012 to May 2013 at the Agona Swedru Municipal Hospital, Ghana. Sociodemographic and anthropometric data were obtained from the participants. Blood and urine samples were collected for the estimation of blood glucose (fasting) and urinalysis for the presence of crystals, respectively (light microscopy). Results: Overall frequency of crystalluria was 18.0%. The prevalence of urine crystals in diabetics (17.5%) was more than that in non-diabetics (5.0%). Types of crystals found in the T2DM patients by prevalence were calcium oxalate (12.7%), uric acid (3.6%), and tyrosine (1.2%). Mean age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) were higher among case participants than in controls (P < 0.001; P < 0.001; P = 0.018; P < 0.001). Case participants had a lower urine pH than the controls (P < 0.001). Crystalluria was positively correlated with FBG (P = 0.002) and negatively with urine pH (P = 0.108). On multivariate analysis, FBG was independently associated with crystalluria (P = 0.002), after adjustment for other factors. Conclusion: Crystalluria is common in diabetes patients. Acidic urine pH is mostly seen in T2DM and may be a predisposing factor to crystalluria. Good glycemic control may be a helpful in reducing the occurrence of crystalluria among T2DM.

Source: UCC
Determinants of demand for antenatal care in Ghana

The Ghana Health Service adopted a number of policies and strategies which were aimed at improving antenatal care attendance in the country. In addition, there were relative improvement in facilities and professionals at these facilities. Inspite of these improvements, the national antenatal care coverage continued to be irregular, though some regions made some remarkable improvements. Antenatal care was thought to have an impact on the reduction of maternal and perinatal mortality, if women have access to services and the quality of these services are sufficient to control the identified risks. If antenatal care is beneficial then what could influence a pregnant woman to attend or not to attend antenatal care? This study therefore tried to investigate factors determining demand for antenatal care in Ghana. The data for the study was obtained from Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) 2003. Multinomial logistic regression was used and estimated with the maximum likelihood estimation technique. A sample of 2777 women who had a baby at least five years before the survey were included in the data. Out of this number, 2766 visited either public facility, private facility or other facilities (maternity homes and TBAs) for antenatal care. The results showed that income, education and distance to health facility, among others, were statistically significant in determining antenatal care demand. A major policy recommendation was that health care facilities should be provided in rural areas to make health care more accessible.

Source: UCC
Determinants of Demand for Homeowners Insurance Policy in the Ho Municipality in Ghana

ABSTRACT The most regrettable feeling by homeowners is to lose their shelter together with its contents to perils such as fire, flood and burglary. Despite this uncertainty, home insurance penetration in the insurance market to indemnify those affected has persistently been poor. In Ghana, even though the demand and purchase of insurance policy have seen considerable attention through new Insurance Act, 2021 (Act 1061) together with targeted public education to improve awareness and confidence, within the insurance industry, there exist only 24 life insurance companies, 29 non-life companies and 7000 insurance agents, recording an extremely low percentage of insurance penetration. This study explores the determinants of demand for homeowners’ insurance policy in the Ho municipality as it seeks to establish socio-demographic and economic factors resulting from risks associated with owning a home. Through descriptive survey, research questionnaires were administered to a sample population of 400 respondents who were homeowners in the Ho municipality. A binary logit model, which is a regression model was used to estimate the mode. Confirming the results, the determinants of demand were identified as level of premium and savings, market rate of interest and the age of a homeowner. The findings unravelled notable reasons for low home insurance patronage by the general public. It is anticipated that the outcomes will address the shortcomings by relevant stakeholders in the industry.

Source: UCC
Determinants of demand for mobile telecom service in Cape Coast

The study sought to investigate the determinants of demand for mobile telecom services by individuals in Cape Coast metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. The logit model was used to identify determinants of mobile telecom services subscription. The mobile telecom subscription equation was estimated using the maximum likelihood estimation technique. Data for the study were collected via survey of individual subscribers and non-subscribers of mobile telecom services. The questionnaire instrument was employed to collect data from respondents. The questionnaire was designed and administered to respondents to gather information on factors that determine subscription of mobile telecom services and choice of mobile telecom operator. The outcome of the study shows that the probability that an individual will subscribe to mobile telecom service is dependent on income, price of mobile service, employment and education. The study also found that the probability of choosing a mobile operator depends on promotions, discount and special offers, service charges of the network and network effect (the effects of individual social network). It is recommended that mobile number portability be introduced in the mobile telecom industry. Also, reduction in mobile charges, more promotion and discount are necessary for mobile operators to acquire more subscribers. For mobile subscription to increase there should be effort to provide employment opportunities, increase education as well as growth of individuals’ incomes.

Source: UCC