Y K Djamba

Biographic Data

ID20542
NAMEY K Djamba
GIVEN NAMESY K
FAMILY NAMEDjamba
SIGNATUREDJAMBA Y K
AFFILIATIONSAuburn University at Montgomery
ORCID0000-0002-9337-0013
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS236
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX4

  • Ethnicity and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya

    Open AccessSitawa R Kimuna, Sitawa Kimuna et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2018Cited by: 3References: 41

    Anecdotal evidence in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Kenya, suggests a complex relationship between ethnicity and intimate partner violence (IPV). Yet very few studies examine the relationship between these two important variables. We use a sample of 4,512 ever-married women from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) to explore the relationship between ethnicity and three dimensions of IPV (physical, sexual, and emotion…

  • Are Americans Really in Favor of Interracial Marriage? A Closer Look at When They Are Asked About Black-White Marriage for Their Relatives

    Open AccessY K Djamba, Sitawa R KimunaARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2014

    This study transcends general opinion reports and uses data from the General Social Survey (GSS) to examine responses on attitudinal questions about how Black and White Americans actually feel about their close relative marrying outside their own race. The results show that more than half (54%) of Black Americans are in favor of their close relative marrying a White person compared with nearly one-in-four (26%) White Americans who said they were …

  • Household Size as a Correlate of Divorce Rate: A County-Level Analysis

    Y K Djamba, Larry C Mullins et al.ARTICLESociological Spectrum2012References: 7

    Divorce remains one of the main challenges facing American families today. Previous studies have shown that the risk of divorce is influenced by many factors, including spouses' characteristics and the types of neighborhoods in which they live. This study extends previous work by examining the association between household size and divorce rate at the county level using 1990 and 2000 county-level data. The results show that household size is nega…

  • The Labor Force Participation and Earnings Gap among African Immigrant Women in the U.S.A

    Open AccessY K Djamba, Sitawa R KimunaARTICLEJournal of International…2011Cited by: 3References: 8

  • Gender Based Violence: Correlates of Physical and Sexual Wife Abuse in Kenya

    Open AccessSitawa R Kimuna, Y K DjambaARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2008Cited by: 22References: 3

  • Intimate Partner Violence among Married Women in Kenya

    Open AccessY K Djamba, Sitawa R KimunaARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2008Cited by: 5References: 7

    This study examines the prevalence and determinants of physical, sexual, and life threatening partner violence experienced by married women, using the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data. We found that 40 percent of respondents have ever been abused by their husbands. Physical abuse was the most common form of abuse (36%) followed by sexual (13%) and life threatening (6%) abuses. Logistic regression results show significant effects of g…

  • The protective effect of male circumcision on HIV infection in a sample of Kenyan men

    Y K Djamba, LaToya S DavisARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2007

    This article examines the association between male circumcision and HIV infection in a national sample. The analysis is based on the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS), a nationally representative household-based population survey of adults, in which male respondents self-reported their circumcision status. In addition, in some households eligible for individual interview, blood samples were subsequently anonymously obtained for HIV …

  • Implications of male migration on female status in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Séraphin Ngondo, Y K DjambaARTICLEJournal of Social Development in…2005

    Over the last three decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (henceforth DRC) has registered negative economic growth. During the same period the population has grown at an annual rate of three per cent. This combination of negative economic growth and rising population growth has led to numerous social and economic problems. To cope with these problems, families have developed several survival strategies, including male migration to neighbourin…

  • Social Capital and Premarital Sexual Activity in Africa: The Case of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

    Open AccessY K DjambaARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2003Cited by: 4References: 33

  • Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

    Y K DjambaREVIEWTeaching Sociology2002Cited by: 182

  • Implications of economic reform and spatial mobility for fertility in Vietnam

    Open AccessMichael J White, Y K Djamba et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2001Cited by: 2References: 19

  • Black Men and Divorce

    Y K Djamba, Erma Jean Lawson et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2001

  • Migration and Occupational Changes during Periods of Economic Transition: Women and Men in Vietnam

    Open AccessY K Djamba, Sidney Goldstein et al.ARTICLEAsian and Pacific migration journal2000References: 24

    This paper examines the impact of internal migration on gender differences in occupational mobility after the introduction of economic reform ( Doi Moi) in Vietnam. Data derived from a survey conducted in 1997 in six provinces of Vietnam provide the basis for comparing the experience of permanent migrants, temporary migrants, and non-migrants. The results show that migration reduces gender differences in occupational distribution by increasing wo…

  • Sexual Cultures and Migration in the Era of Aids: Anthropological and Demographic Perspectives

    Y K Djamba, Gilbert HerdtARTICLEInternational Migration Review1999

    PART I: INTRODUCTIONS PART II: POPULATION MOVEMENT AND AIDS PART III: FROM RURAL TO URBAN SEXUAL RISK PART IV: SEXUAL NETWORKS AND COMMERCIAL SEX PART I INTRODUCTIONS 1. INTRODUCTION: SEXUAL CULTURES AND POPULATION MOVEMENTIMPLICATIONS FOR AIDS/STDS GILBERT HERDT 2. OTHERS HAVE SEX WITH OTHERS: CAPTAIN COOK AND THE PENETRATION OF THE PACIFIC JOHN H. GAGNON PART II POPULATION MOVEMENT AND AIDS 3. MOBILITY, MIGRATION, SEX, STDS, AND AIDS: AN ESSAY …

  • African Immigrants in the United States: A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks

    Y K DjambaARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…1999Cited by: 14

    Using data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. censuses (5% Public Use Microdata Samples), this paper provides the socio-demographic profile of African immigrants in comparison to native blacks. The results show that the number of Africans living in the United States has increased by 6% per year between 1980 and 1990, but the growth has been greater for blacks ( 11 %) than for whites (4%). This racial differences in growth changed the composition of the …

  • Financial capital and premarital sexual activity in Africa: The case of Zambia

    Open AccessY K DjambaARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1997Cited by: 1References: 16

  • Premarital sexual experience of married women in Kinshasa, Zaire

    Open AccessY K DjambaARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1995

    Using responses from questions about age at first sexual intercourse and age at first marriage, this paper offers a method of studying premarital sexual behaviour in societies where the subject is a taboo topic. More than half of the currently married women in Kinshasa engaged in sexual intercourse before marriage. The likelihood of having premarital intercourse increases among younger women, those with higher education, and those whose ethnic gr…