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Fertility and Other Determinants of Women’s Employment in Cameroon
Kinga Bertila Mayin,
Fuein Vera Kum,
Sundjo Fabien
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
15-24
Received:
28 March 2022
Accepted:
19 April 2022
Published:
28 April 2022
Abstract: Maternity, pregnancy, childbirth, and the period after childbirth impose a substantial burden on women’s health and time. This, in turn, can have a significant impact on women’s ability to participate in the labour force. This work was aimed at investigating the effect of fertility and other determinants of women’s employment in Cameroon. The expo-facto research design and pooled data from the 1991, 1998, 2004, 2011 and 2018 Cameroon DHS data set (50,131) was used. The Instrumental Variable Probit Model and Control Function were used to analyze the data. The result of the effect of fertility on women’s employment in Cameroon was positive and statistically significant. Other determinants like Education, husband education, husband’s occupation, marital status, region of origin, and lifetime sex partners also positive and statistically significant influence on women’s employment in Cameroon. Woman’s age, wealth levels, age at first birth, being a Muslim and year of data had a negative and statistically significant effect on a woman’s likelihood to get employed. From the results, it was concluded that, fertility and other determinants statistically significant effect on women’s in Cameroon. This study thus recommended the promulgation and subsidization of daycare services in Cameroon to increase the likehood of women with children to seek employment. The work also recommends the promotion of women’s education in Cameroon so as to facilitate women’s asses to employment.
Abstract: Maternity, pregnancy, childbirth, and the period after childbirth impose a substantial burden on women’s health and time. This, in turn, can have a significant impact on women’s ability to participate in the labour force. This work was aimed at investigating the effect of fertility and other determinants of women’s employment in Cameroon. The expo-...
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The Effect of Personality Trait on Obesity in the Bamenda Municipality, Cameroon
Kinga Bertila Mayin,
Fuein Vera Kum,
Sundjo Fabien,
Njohyim Herita Ngefor
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
25-30
Received:
28 March 2022
Accepted:
19 April 2022
Published:
28 April 2022
Abstract: Many researchers have established the link between genes and obesity. Some other researchers, in an attempt to find out why people with the same genetical setup have different body mass indexes, have amongst other factors linked it to differences in socioeconomic status, differences to dieting pattern and physical activities. A new school of thought has come up to establish the fact that differences in personalities also accounts for differences in body mass index. According to Sutin et al. (2011), personality traits contribute to health outcomes. They found a link between personality and body mass index. This study was out to investigate the effect of personality trait on obesity. We administered 1052 personality test randomly to individuals aged 20 and above in the Bamenda Municipality. The model was estimated using the regression; ANOVA and Correlation analysis. From the analysis, it was realized that there exist a positive and statistically significant relationship between personality trait and obesity. Sanguine and choleric personalities were less likely to be obese compared to melancholic and phlegmatic. The study concluded that, introverts are more likely to be obese than extroverts. It was recommended that individuals who have the melancholic and phlegmatic personality (introverts) should be more actively involved in dieting and exercising. Lastly, it was also recommended that the government of Cameroon should institute one compulsory day of the week for workers sports. All workers should have Saturday as a compulsory sporting day as done in Kenya.
Abstract: Many researchers have established the link between genes and obesity. Some other researchers, in an attempt to find out why people with the same genetical setup have different body mass indexes, have amongst other factors linked it to differences in socioeconomic status, differences to dieting pattern and physical activities. A new school of though...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Risk and Odds of Death from COVID-19 Vaccination and COVID-19 Infection in Cameroon
Kinga Bertila Mayin,
Promise Aseh Munteh,
Bereynuy Jude Cholong,
Mbacham Fon Wilfred
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
31-35
Received:
29 March 2022
Accepted:
19 April 2022
Published:
28 April 2022
Abstract: Like any vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects, most of which are mild or moderate and go away within a few days on their own. Results of clinical trials however show that more serious or long-lasting side effects are possible. This work aims at comparing the risk of dying from COVID-19 vaccination with dying from COVID-19 infection. It made use of secondary data from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Worldometer. Percentages, relative risk, and odds ratios were used to analyze the results. The results showed that 0.0017% deaths were attributed to COVID-19 vaccination and 0.0046% death to COVID-19 infection. The relative risk and odds ratio of dying from COVID-19 vaccination and infection was 0.38 and 0.137 respectively. Both figures are far less than 1 indicating that the risk and odd of dying are by far lower among people vaccinated (cases) than amongst none vaccinated people (control). The results equally showed that COVID-19 infections also led to large treatment costs for the country and individuals leading to economic depression and enormous consequences in the country and the world at large. This study, therefore, concludes that the risk of dying from COVID-19 vaccination is about 3 times lower than dying from COVID-19 infection especially amongst elderly people. This work thus recommends massive COVID-19 vaccination especially for the elderly who are most likely to die from COVID-19 infection and less likely to die from the side effect of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Abstract: Like any vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects, most of which are mild or moderate and go away within a few days on their own. Results of clinical trials however show that more serious or long-lasting side effects are possible. This work aims at comparing the risk of dying from COVID-19 vaccination with dying from COVID-19 infection. It...
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The Effect of Fertility on Women’s Health and the Determinants of Fertility in Cameroon
Kinga Bertila Mayin,
Dobdinga Cletus Fonchamnyo,
Fuein Vera Kum,
Eyvonne Ngequih Tumasang
Issue:
Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
36-45
Received:
28 March 2022
Accepted:
19 April 2022
Published:
10 May 2022
Abstract: The World Fact Book ranked Cameroon at the 20th position with a fertility rate of 4.66 in 2020. UNSD Database (2020) gives the fertility rate of Cameroon as 5.4, 5.2 and 5.0 for 2005, 2010 and 2019 respectively. In the rank for the most obese countries, Cameroon was the 135th with an average BMI of 11.4 in 2016. In 2019, 11.4% of Cameroonians were obese with an average BMI of 24.4%. These figures show that years with higher fertility rates had lower levels of life expectancy and BMI. This is a possible indication of a direct link between fertility and health. This work was aimed at investigating the determinants of fertility and the effect of fertility on women’s health (BMI) in Cameroon. The expo-facto research design and pooled data from the 1991, 1998, 2004, 2011 and 2018 Cameroon DHS data sets were used. The total sample size stood at 50,131. The Instrumental Variable Probit Model, 2SLS Regression were used to analyze the data. Fertility had a positive and statistically significant effect on health. The use of contraceptives, knowledge on ovulation, age at first sex, age at first cohabitation, women’s employment, education, husband’s education, wealth level, religion and lifetime sex partners all had negative and statistically significant influence on women’s fertility. Age and region of origin had a positive and statistically significant influence on women’s fertility. Women’s educational level, husband’s education, skipping meals and religion all had positive and statistically significant influence women’s health. Age, husband’s occupation, lifetime sex partners, women’s employment, use of modern contraceptives, husband’s age, age at first birth, respondent’s occupation had a negative and statistically significantly influence on women’s health. The study recommended birth spacing for 2 years minimum to give the woman’s body time to lose weight naturally.
Abstract: The World Fact Book ranked Cameroon at the 20th position with a fertility rate of 4.66 in 2020. UNSD Database (2020) gives the fertility rate of Cameroon as 5.4, 5.2 and 5.0 for 2005, 2010 and 2019 respectively. In the rank for the most obese countries, Cameroon was the 135th with an average BMI of 11.4 in 2016. In 2019, 11.4% of Cameroonians were ...
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