Moses Waithanji Ngware
Biographic Data
| ID | 5740435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moses Waithanji Ngware |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moses Waithanji |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngware |
| SIGNATURE | NGWARE M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Poor Households Utilize Private Schooling because of Perceived Quality, Distance to School, or Low Fees
This article examines why poor urban households utilize low-fee private schools despite the government’s pro-poor free primary education program in Kenya. Cross-sectional data collected in 2010 through a demographic surveillance survey is analyzed. Students’ parents responded to questions concerning their perceptions of the quality of schooling after the introduction of free primary education. In total, 6,660 students living in 4,220 households a…
The Role of Parental Leadership in Academic Performance: A Case of Pupils in the Free Primary Education Program in Kenya
The study examines the combined effects of key elements in parental leadership on academic performance. In the wake of inadequate learning resources, parental leadership becomes an indispensable learning input for children’s academic performance. The discourse utilized data collected from 2005 to 2010 in a longitudinal study involving 1,549 children who sat for the national standardized examination in Kenya. Our findings showed that monitoring an…
Household food (in)security and nutritional status of urban poor children aged 6 to 23 months in Kenya
Our results shed light on the joint effect of food security and wealth status on stunting. Study findings underscore the need for social protection policies to reduce the high rates of child malnutrition in the urban informal settlements
The Role of Parental Leadership in Academic Performance: A Case of Pupils in the Free Primary Education Program in Kenya
The study examines the combined effects of key elements in parental leadership on academic performance. In the wake of inadequate learning resources, parental leadership becomes an indispensable learning input for children’s academic performance. The discourse utilized data collected from 2005 to 2010 in a longitudinal study involving 1,549 children who sat for the national standardized examination in Kenya. Our findings showed that monitoring an…
Household food (in)security and nutritional status of urban poor children aged 6 to 23 months in Kenya
Our results shed light on the joint effect of food security and wealth status on stunting. Study findings underscore the need for social protection policies to reduce the high rates of child malnutrition in the urban informal settlements
The Role of Parental Leadership in Academic Performance: A Case of Pupils in the Free Primary Education Program in Kenya
The study examines the combined effects of key elements in parental leadership on academic performance. In the wake of inadequate learning resources, parental leadership becomes an indispensable learning input for children’s academic performance. The discourse utilized data collected from 2005 to 2010 in a longitudinal study involving 1,549 children who sat for the national standardized examination in Kenya. Our findings showed that monitoring an…
Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Poor Households Utilize Private Schooling because of Perceived Quality, Distance to School, or Low Fees
This article examines why poor urban households utilize low-fee private schools despite the government’s pro-poor free primary education program in Kenya. Cross-sectional data collected in 2010 through a demographic surveillance survey is analyzed. Students’ parents responded to questions concerning their perceptions of the quality of schooling after the introduction of free primary education. In total, 6,660 students living in 4,220 households a…
Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works) · Academic achievement (1 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Anthropometry (1 works)