TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i
1\PI,ROVAL .................................................................................................................... , .............. ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................. iv
LIST OF TABLES/ PI CHARTS/ BARGRAPHS/L INEGRAPHS ............................................ viii
LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. ix
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. xi
' ' ' CHAPTER 0 N E ............................................................................................................................. 1
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 Introduction ............................... : ............................................................................................. I
s'ack ground of the study ......................................................................................................................... 1
I. I .I Historical perspective ............................................................................................................. I
1.1.2 Conceptual perspective .......................................................................................................... .2
1.1.3. Contextual Perspective .............................................................................................................. 2
1.2 Problem statement ..................................................................................................................... 3
L3 Objectives of the study ......................................................................................................... .3
1.3.1 ,General Objective .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.3.2 ' Specific objectives ............................................................................................................ 3
1.4 Research questions ....................... , ................................................................................................. 3
1,5 The scope of the study ................................................................................................................... 3
1.5.1 Geographical scope ........................................................................................................................ 4
1.5.3 Content scope .......................................................................................................................... 4
1.5.4 The time scope ............................................................................................................................... 4
1.6. Significance of the study ............................................................................................................... 4
I .9 Conceptual framework ........................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 6 I 't ,
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .................................................................................. 6
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2.0 ln'troduction ................................................. .-.............................................................................. 6
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2.1 Forms of child abuse .................................................................................................................. 6
2.2 Factors leading to child abuse .................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Strategies to curbs down child abuse ....................................................................................... I 0
CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 13
METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 13
3.0 lntroduction ........................................................................................................................... l3
3.1 Research design ........................................................................................................................... 13
Research population ..................................................................................................................... 13
Sample size and sampling technique .................................................................................... 14
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3.3.1 Sample size ..................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.2 Sampling technique ......................................................................................................... IS
3.4 Research instruments ............................................................................................................ 16
3.4.1 Questionnaire .................................................................................................................. 16
3.4.2 Interview ......................................................................................................................... 16
3.5. Quality control methods: ..................................................................................................... 17
3.5.1 Reliability ........................................................................................................................ 17
3.5.Jl Validity ........................................................................................................................................ l7
' 3.6 pata Gathering procedure ............................................................................................................ 17
3.7 Data analysis ......................... , ..................................................................................................... 18
3.8 Ethical Consideration ................... : ............................................................................................... 18
CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 19
DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION ...................................... 19
~.0 lntroduction .............................................................................................................................. 19
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CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 35 I 1 1
DISOUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ............................................ 35
5.0 lntroduction .............................................................................................................................. 35
5. I Discussion ................................................................................................................................ 35
5.2 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 36
.5.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... .37
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 38
AP~ENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DATA COLLECTION ......................................... 39
ABSTRACT The. research being reported on was done guided by the topic 'An investigation on the children's abuse', and .its contribution to their performance· in Buyinja Sub County, Namayingo District. The objectives that were used are; (1) to identify the types of child abuse in Buyinja Sub County, (ll) to establish the factors that contribute to the child abuse in the Sub County, and (111) to come up With strategies that can be used to mitigate the factors leading to child abuse in the Sub County, Buyinja Sub County, Namayingo District. Findings; adults to a total of 89 got involved in this study as a sample size. It was as well discovered that children in the research area are faced with a number of child abuse factors. These are categorized as social, emotional, sexual, physical, and psychological, though these occur at different intervals. I ! ' ' Conclusion; it is concluded that the causes of the abuse in Buyinja Sub County is majorly I econmilical. This has heat parents too hard to the extent of being able to meet their children's basic needs. ~ecommendation; parents should be provided the !GAs that they can engage in in order to generate income in Buyinja Sub County, their knowledge should be built to the extent of they being able to identify child abuse signs, and be able to manage them.
