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Although it is said that there is a lot of information around that people can use to make decisions, there are still categories of people in society that still face challenges in accessing it. One such group is the female traders in Zambia. This research was conducted to establish the information...

This study compares, explains and analyses variations in attitudes towards desired number of children amonr, uanen in three locslities in Chieftainess Myanje's area, Eastern Province, Zambia.This involves analysis of a variety of variables which previous studies suggest may influence the number...

The main purpose of the study was to compare the survival strategies that the aged used in the rural and urban areas, specifically in Chongwe and Lusaka districts. The objectives of the study were: to investigate the types of survival strategies the aged used to sustain their lives in the rural...

The question as to whether the plantation system is good or bad for developing countries, is indeed an issue which has aroused much debate among scholars. Whereas some have assessed the system in positive terms, others have analysed it in negative terms. It is, therefore, in this context that an...

The study investigated the involvement of parents in their children’s education in selected rural schools of Mumbwa District, in Central Province of Zambia. The four objectives of the study were: to examine ways through which parents got involved in their children’s education, to find out the...

This study set out to compare the extent of early marriages among the women of Ng'ombe and Roma/Kalundu Townships, which are two residential areas of different socio-economic backgrounds. The primary sources of data were the women themselves through their life histories obtained through...

The purpose of this thesis was to study the levels of adult literacy among the Chewa people of Mancheula Community. This area is at the border between Zambia and Mozambique. In this study, sample population came from eight villages in Mancheula: Fifty households, forty individual adult...

This study was aimed at examining men’s participation in family planning in Chilanga, Kafue District of Lusaka Province of Zambia. What necessitated the study is the high maternal mortality rate in Zambia which is at 591 per 100,000 live births CSO et al. (2007). The study was motivated by...

Education is a lifelong process that enables the continuous development of a person's capabilities as an individual and as a member of society. For a long time in the past,education was considered a preserve of the boy child by most families, because it was assumed that girls would get married....