Maurice Mutisya
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1203508 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maurice Mutisya |
| PRENOMES | Maurice |
| SOBRENOME | Mutisya |
| ASSINATURA | MUTISYA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | African Population and Health Research Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5981-6344 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Improving early childhood development in the context of the nurturing care framework in Kenya
Introduction: The Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) describes "nurturing care" as the ability of nations and communities to support caregivers and provide an environment that ensures children's good health and nutrition, protects them from threats, and provides opportunities for early learning through responsive and emotionally supportive interaction. We assessed the extent to which Kenyan government policies address the components of the NCF and ex…
Understanding Wealth Inequalities in Education Access in Urbanizing Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction: Urbanization is a double-edged sword, while it is transforming the world, it is also creating spaces that pose threats to its benefits. In sub-Saharan Africa, urbanization is occurring amidst slowed economic growth and into spaces that are already strained. This is resulting in the growth of urban poverty and possibly increasing inequalities. It is thus imperative to understand the effects of urbanization in realizing inclusive and …
Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
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 Mediating Effects of Aspiration, Self-Confidence, Interest in Schooling, and Peer Influence on the Relationship Between Teen Girls’ Behavior and Academic Performance
Indulgence in risky behavior is a reason for low academic performance. We hypothesized that four constructs including academic aspiration, self-confidence, interest in schooling, and peer influence mediate the relationship between risky behavior and academic performance. Data are from 1256 school-going girls in urban slums who came from the lowest 40% of poor households. Results show that indulgence in risky behavior leads to low aspiration, low …
Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Research shows that children living with two biological parents outperform those raised in other family structures. A growing number of children do not live with two biological parents in sub-Saharan Africa, but few studies have examined the consequences. In this article, data from the African Population and Health Research Center collected in the slums of Nairobi are fitted to a logistic regression model to test the hypothesis that two-parent fa…
Mothers' Education and Girls' Achievement in Kibera
Research evidence has established the importance of mothers' education and their children's educational achievement. However, little has been done to establish the association between mothers' education with girls' literacy and numeracy scores, while linking it with self-efficacy. Using baseline data collected in Kibera informal settlement in 2015 as part of the Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K), this article tests the mother-child educat…
Girls’ primary education and transition to secondary school in Nairobi
The objective of the paper is to examine the challenges of girls’ education in a poor urban context in Nairobi. This paper is motivated by the need to identify challenges affecting girls’ education in poor urban context in Nairobi. These challenges are identified from the lens of the community gatekeepers and the parents, who are key stakeholders in education at the local level. Data come from a qualitative component of the baseline study conduct…
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
Does teaching style explain differences in learner achievement in low and high performing schools in Kenya
Social relations as predictors of achievement in math in Kenyan primary schools
When to Randomize
In East Africa, there is great effort directed toward ensuring that there is learning and value for money invested in universal education policies initiated over the past decade. Kenya and Uganda are two countries that typify this effort. The effort includes the work of research organisations such as Uwezo, which assess learning levels; RTI, which assesses language and early grade reading; and the work of African Population and Health Research Ce…
The effect of free primary education policy on late school entry in urban primary schools in Kenya
Parental aspirations for their children's educational attainment and the realisation of universal primary education (UPE) in Kenya
Factors Associated With Low Achievement Among Students From Nairobi’s Urban Informal Neighborhoods
This article contributes new evidence on factors associated with low achievement among pupils in urban informal neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya. The authors use three different data sets to examine the effect of residence in particular neighborhoods, pupil gender, primary school type, and household socioeconomic status on pupil achievement in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results for 2005 and 2006. Results suggest …
Why are there proportionately more poor pupils enrolled in non-state schools in urban Kenya in spite of FPE policy
Why are there proportionately more poor pupils enrolled in non-state schools in urban Kenya in spite of FPE policy
Parental aspirations for their children's educational attainment and the realisation of universal primary education (UPE) in Kenya
Social relations as predictors of achievement in math in Kenyan primary schools
Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Research shows that children living with two biological parents outperform those raised in other family structures. A growing number of children do not live with two biological parents in sub-Saharan Africa, but few studies have examined the consequences. In this article, data from the African Population and Health Research Center collected in the slums of Nairobi are fitted to a logistic regression model to test the hypothesis that two-parent fa…
Does teaching style explain differences in learner achievement in low and high performing schools in Kenya
The effect of free primary education policy on late school entry in urban primary schools in Kenya
Factors Associated With Low Achievement Among Students From Nairobi’s Urban Informal Neighborhoods
This article contributes new evidence on factors associated with low achievement among pupils in urban informal neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya. The authors use three different data sets to examine the effect of residence in particular neighborhoods, pupil gender, primary school type, and household socioeconomic status on pupil achievement in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results for 2005 and 2006. Results suggest …
Why are there proportionately more poor pupils enrolled in non-state schools in urban Kenya in spite of FPE policy
Factors Associated With Low Achievement Among Students From Nairobi’s Urban Informal Neighborhoods
This article contributes new evidence on factors associated with low achievement among pupils in urban informal neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya. The authors use three different data sets to examine the effect of residence in particular neighborhoods, pupil gender, primary school type, and household socioeconomic status on pupil achievement in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results for 2005 and 2006. Results suggest …
Parental aspirations for their children's educational attainment and the realisation of universal primary education (UPE) in Kenya
The effect of free primary education policy on late school entry in urban primary schools in Kenya
Does teaching style explain differences in learner achievement in low and high performing schools in Kenya
Social relations as predictors of achievement in math in Kenyan primary schools
When to Randomize
In East Africa, there is great effort directed toward ensuring that there is learning and value for money invested in universal education policies initiated over the past decade. Kenya and Uganda are two countries that typify this effort. The effort includes the work of research organisations such as Uwezo, which assess learning levels; RTI, which assesses language and early grade reading; and the work of African Population and Health Research Ce…
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
Girls’ primary education and transition to secondary school in Nairobi
The objective of the paper is to examine the challenges of girls’ education in a poor urban context in Nairobi. This paper is motivated by the need to identify challenges affecting girls’ education in poor urban context in Nairobi. These challenges are identified from the lens of the community gatekeepers and the parents, who are key stakeholders in education at the local level. Data come from a qualitative component of the baseline study conduct…
Mothers' Education and Girls' Achievement in Kibera
Research evidence has established the importance of mothers' education and their children's educational achievement. However, little has been done to establish the association between mothers' education with girls' literacy and numeracy scores, while linking it with self-efficacy. Using baseline data collected in Kibera informal settlement in 2015 as part of the Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K), this article tests the mother-child educat…
Family Structure and Child Educational Attainment in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
Research shows that children living with two biological parents outperform those raised in other family structures. A growing number of children do not live with two biological parents in sub-Saharan Africa, but few studies have examined the consequences. In this article, data from the African Population and Health Research Center collected in the slums of Nairobi are fitted to a logistic regression model to test the hypothesis that two-parent fa…
Understanding Wealth Inequalities in Education Access in Urbanizing Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction: Urbanization is a double-edged sword, while it is transforming the world, it is also creating spaces that pose threats to its benefits. In sub-Saharan Africa, urbanization is occurring amidst slowed economic growth and into spaces that are already strained. This is resulting in the growth of urban poverty and possibly increasing inequalities. It is thus imperative to understand the effects of urbanization in realizing inclusive and …
Demystifying Privatization of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
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 Mediating Effects of Aspiration, Self-Confidence, Interest in Schooling, and Peer Influence on the Relationship Between Teen Girls’ Behavior and Academic Performance
Indulgence in risky behavior is a reason for low academic performance. We hypothesized that four constructs including academic aspiration, self-confidence, interest in schooling, and peer influence mediate the relationship between risky behavior and academic performance. Data are from 1256 school-going girls in urban slums who came from the lowest 40% of poor households. Results show that indulgence in risky behavior leads to low aspiration, low …
Improving early childhood development in the context of the nurturing care framework in Kenya
Introduction: The Nurturing Care Framework (NCF) describes "nurturing care" as the ability of nations and communities to support caregivers and provide an environment that ensures children's good health and nutrition, protects them from threats, and provides opportunities for early learning through responsive and emotionally supportive interaction. We assessed the extent to which Kenyan government policies address the components of the NCF and ex…
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (13 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Economic growth (10 obras) · School Choice and Performance (10 obras) · Economics (9 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Population (7 obras) · Demography (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras)