Browsing by Author "Karabo, Mhele"

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    Factors influencing high dropout rates of girl child from education: A case study of black women in North West Province, South Africa
    (Journal of social development in Africa, 2013) Karabo, Mhele; Ayiga, Natal
    Progress in education of the girl child in sub-Saharan Africa in general and South Africa in particular has been impeded by the high rates of school dropout, which occurrence has implications for the attainment of the MDGs, particularly eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, improving the health of children and mothers, achieving gender equality and empowerment of women, curbing the spread of HIV and AIDS and other diseases and improving environmental sustainability. The objectives of the study were to assess the magnitude of school dropout and identify factors influencing this tendency in the North West province. The study used event history data on 582 women collected by use of the cross-sectional research design. It found that school dropout rates are signijlcantly influenced by factors that include high rates of school pregnancies, low grades at a high age, low educational attainment of mothers and a young age at flrst sexual intercourse. The paper recommends greater emphasis of sexual abstinence through school based programmes, zero tolerance to sexual crimes involving minors by raising the age threshold for such crimes, reducing over-age enrolments and adoption of flexible schooling systems to accommodate pregnant and student mothers
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    Predictors of school reintegration of black women who previously dropped out of school in the North West province of South Africa
    (African Population Studies, 2014) Ayiga, Natal; Karabo, Mhele
    Despite policies being in place, school re-entry of the girl child after school dropout continues to be low in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper estimated the school re-entry of girls who dropped out of school and identified the predictors affecting school re-entry. The paper used cross-sectional data on 306 black women who dropped out of school in the North West Province of South Africa and the logistic regression model to analyse the data. The result shows that only 28.1% of the women returned to school. School pregnancy, dropping out of school at 17-19 and 20 years of age, perceiving that neighbourhood peers were not in school and residing in rural neighbourhoods, significantly reduced school re-entry. We conclude that school re-entry after school dropped out is low in the North West province, which calls for programmes to address factors impeding school re-entry of the girl child.
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    Rates and predictors of school pregnancy among black women in the North West province, South Africa
    (African Population Studies, 2014) Karabo, Mhele; Ayiga, Natal
    Learner pregnancy is one of the challenges impeding the unlocking of the potentials of women in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper estimated the prevalence of learner pregnancy and identified its predictors in the North West province of South Africa. The paper used cross-sectional data on 582 black women and the nested logistic regression model to analyse the data. The study found that 38% of the women become pregnant at school. Learner pregnancy was significantly higher for women who had sexual debut at <18 years; were in grades 8 and 9 or higher at age 14; attained