This article assesses the unmet needs for family planning among women of childbearing age in the Donga department, Benin, using a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) based on data from a field survey conducted among 466 women of childbearing age in 280 households and 57 resource people. To this end, multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and logistic regression were used to identify the profiles of women with unmet needs and their associated factors. The results indicate that 89.6% of un...

Applied Statistical Mathematics  Public Health  Demography 

This qualitative research study explores the experiences and coping mechanisms of Sama Dilaut survivors of the Zamboanga Siege in the Philippines. The study also examines the programs and services provided to improve the socio-economic well-being of the survivors. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with 20 participants and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings reveal that the survivors experienced various challenges, including displacement, loss of livelihood, and trauma. Co...

Sociology  Public Policy  Anthropology  Demography 

The rising popularity of mobile payments can be attributed to the widespread use of smartphones and their applications. Despite its potential to simplify our lives, its adoption in African countries has been limited. This paper aims to enhance our understanding of the critical factors that influence the acceptance of mobile payments in Nigeria by exploring the impact of “network externalities” in addition to conventional technology acceptance factors. It posits that performance expectancy, effor...

Electric Engineering  Culture  Information Management  Applications of Communication Systems  Information Science  Economics  Technology  Demography  Information and Communication: Security, Privacy, and Trust 

The purpose of primary school music education is to cultivate students’ interest and hobbies in music, and to improve their music literacy and aesthetic ability. However, the traditional music teaching method is limited to explanation and demonstration, lacking interaction and participation, and it is difficult to arouse students’ interest and attention. Therefore, how to improve the effect of music teaching has become an important problem in current music education. The purpose of this paper is...

Arts Education  Demography  Art 

With the threat of the COVID-19, the educational landscape shifted from the traditional face-to-face interaction to flexible learning where digital platforms and printed modules are used in instruction. The study was conducted on 10 students chosen through purposive sampling. Using a phenomenological design, the researchers conducted an interview to identify the lived experiences and the coping strategies of the students in the implementation of flexible learning at Quirino State University-Madd...

Sociology  Psychology  Demography 

The principle of Al-Hakimiyya (governance) is one of the most prominent religious terms adopted by Islamic groups in consolidating their position on governance, the ruler, and all state institutions. Some of these groups refused to engage in political work in Parliament, as it legislates human-made laws, and because it is a form of disputing God with regard to one of his jurisdictions in legislation. In addition, they rejected the statutory constitution, as it states that sovereignty is f...

Politics  Demography 

This study is concerned with the perceptions and adaptation strategies of the respected university faculty members in Bangladesh regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic. A self-administered survey questionnaire was filled out by 163 faculty members serving in a variety of academic disciplines in Bangladesh, among which 161 responses were considered for this study. This study found that the majority of respondents were staying home in urban areas (85%) with their families at the time. Almost all ...

Sociology  Demography 

Under the background of population aging, with the increase of age, the employment rate of workers gradually decreases. Age discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people in enterprises is an important factor. Based on the age requirement in recruitment advertisements, this paper proposes a calculation model for the average age interval to verify the age discrimination in China’s labor market. The result shows that the complexity of jobs only affects the lower age limit, and the differenc...

Demography 

The human history has recorded that in every 100 years a new pandemic will erupt to rocked control the human race from over population, changing the courses of history and signaling the end of entire civilization. Today the world is at halt and its economic, socio-cultural, religious, political, scientific and technological myth is degenerating amidst the advent of a novel pandemic (COVID-19). This study therefore, investigated the effect of COVID-19 in terms of economic, socio-cultural, educati...

Culture  Information Science  Edaphology  Anthropology  Human Geography  Economics  Education  Anthropology  Demography  Biogeography 

The paper gives a narration of the change of Botswana’s population age structure and a brief account of its economy. The part before the conclusion seeks to use figures or graphs to analyse the country’s prospects in capitalising on the window of opportunity in order to drive economic growth and development.

Socioeconomics  Demography