Browsing by Author "Acquah, Emmanuel"

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    Survival analysis of dropout rate of beneficiaries of compassion International programme
    (KNUST, 2019-09-30) Acquah, Emmanuel
    Compassion International Is Christ Centered, Child focused and church based organization committed to helping and supporting their beneficiaries (Children) through local churches in the community. For Some time now, Compassion International have been experiencing high rate of dropouts of its programme in spite of numerous benefits for the registered children. The study sought to propose a statistical model for the Compassion International Ghana beneficiaries dropout rates using the methodology of survival analysis modelling Approach. The bio-data on the beneficiaries were extracted from the database of compassion connect of compassion international Ghana. The survival rates of the beneficiaries were traced at the end of each year. It was found out that the dropouts of beneficiaries were influenced by the location of beneficiaries, Their gender and age group? Also, beneficiaries from rural communities were more likely to drop out from the programme and that females were more likely to dropout earlier than their male counterparts. This research will be of relevance to compassion international Ghana and its affiliated stakeholders in planning of necessary interventions to eradicate or deduce dropout rates from such sponsored programmes.
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    Survival analysis of dropout rate of beneficiaries of Compassion international programme
    (KNUST, 2019-09-30) Acquah, Emmanuel
    Compassion International is Christ centered, child focused and church based organization committed to helping and supporting their beneficiaries (children) through local churches in the community. For some time now, Compassion International have been experiencing high rate of dropouts of its programme in spite of numerous benefits for the registered children. The study sought to propose a statistical model for the Compassion International Ghana beneficiaries' dropout rates using the methodology of survival analysis modelling approach. The bio-data on the beneficiaries were extracted from the database of Compassion Connect of Compassion International Ghana. The survival rates of the beneficiaries were traced at the end of each year. It was found out that the dropouts of beneficiaries were influenced by the location of beneficiaries, their gender and age group. Also, beneficiaries from rural communities were more likely to drop out from the programme and that females were more likely to dropout earlier than their male counterparts. This research will be of relevance to Compassion International Ghana and its affiliated stakeholders in planning of necessary interventions to eradicate or reduce dropout rates from such sponsored programmes.
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    Survival analysis of dropout rate of beneficiaries of Compassion international programme survival, analysis, compassion
    (KNUST, 2019-09-30) Acquah, Emmanuel
    Compassion International is Christ centered, child focused and church based organization committed to helping and supporting their beneficiaries (children) through local churches in the community. For some time now, Compassion International have been experiencing high rate of dropouts of its programme in spite of numerous benefits for the registered children. The study sought to propose a statistical model for the Compassion International Ghana beneficiaries' dropout rates using the methodology of survival analysis modelling approach. The bio-data on the beneficiaries were extracted from the database of Compassion Connect of Compassion International Ghana. The survival rates of the beneficiaries were traced at the end of each year. It was found out that the dropouts of beneficiaries were influenced by the location of beneficiaries, their gender and age group. Also, beneficiaries from rural communities were more likely to drop out from the programme and that females were more likely to dropout earlier than their male counterparts. This research will be of relevance to Compassion International Ghana and its affiliated stakeholders in planning of necessary interventions to eradicate or reduce dropout rates from such sponsored programmes.