Volume 03 - 2016

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    වයස්ගත ජනගහනය හා ඒ ආශ්‍රිත ගැටලු
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Lakmali, D.
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    Socio- Economic background of the female inmates of elderly homes in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Dissanayake, D.K.S.M.A.; Rathnathilaka, R.M.M.B.; de Silva, A.K.M.; Kamalawarna, R.S.S.
    Population ageing is a phenomenon that occurs due to the lower death rate and lower birth rate. Due to the decrease of death and birth rates, ageing is a result of the demographic transition. Among the Asian countries, Sri Lanka has come to the first place, which is having a higher rate in the demographic transition. There is a 13.2% of elderly dependency ratio in Sri Lanka according to the newest reports (2015) of Census of Statistics. So as to that this study aimed to investigate the Socio and Economic factors which influenced those elderly women to be at the elderly homes special reference to Iring Thilakarathna elders home in Imbulgoda. Simple random sampling method has used as the sampling technique in order to select 25 elderly women as the sample. A questionnaire, which had 19 questions, has used to find the factors, which influenced them to stay in elderly home such as poverty, no one to care, misbehavior of their laws, freedom etc. Statistical techniques such as tables, graphs, percentages, Chi-square test and correlation etc. have been used to analyze the data. According to findings most of them were poor in their economic situation and they do not like to bother their children as well. The majority of those elderly women were in the age group of 70-80 and they believe staying in an elderly home allowed them to keep away from the problematic background of their home. According to the results, specially the attitude problems of their children and their lives styles have thrown their older mothers to the such a place and they have created a background that those mothers are loneliness and helpless though they have number of children.
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    ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධ්‍යාපනය සහ පුස්තකාල ඉතිහාසය
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Kulasinghe, K.A.S.R.
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    Impact of the relationship between obesity and food intake patterns among Sri Lankan people
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Dolapihilla, V.N.
    In the present situation non communicable dieses are spread soon and obesity can be identified as a reason for that. It means the surplus fat of our meals is stored in stomach, breast and back side in our body. As a result of this the person will be suffered from the obesity. Waist circumference, body mass index are used to define the obesity. Obesity will be a main reason for such daises as heartaches, high blood pressure, asthma, cancers, mental diseases, joint problems. When considering the present situation of Sri Lanka a number of 92530 of men and 269269 women are suffered from obesity. Accordingly the research problem of this study is the effect of food consumption for the obesity during 1980-2013. The independent variable is food consumption and the facts that affect to the independent variable is carbohydrate, lipid, milk, pulse and sugar. In this research secondary data was collected by the annual report of census and statistics department about income and expenditure of households. Dependent variable was obesity and data was collected by annual health report. A multiple regression was conducted with these data. Also graphs were used to identify the variation of obesity and food consumption during years. It was admired by 95% significant level and effect of lipid was (p=.016) and the effect of carbohydrate was (p=.049).Accordingly carbohydrate and lipid has affected to the obesity. Genetic, physical activity, gender, age, economic level, pregnancy, mental stress, are affected to the obesity and the main point is the foods which our body is consumed does not dissolve. Then they are kept in our body in an unnecessary way. That means food consumption affects to the obesity in Sri Lanka
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    Changing population growth rate and its determinants with the beginning of 21th century
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Liyanapathirana, L.N.M.
    In 19th century, Sri Lankan population increased slowly like other developing countries. But Sri Lanka began the 20th century with 3.6 million population. At the end of 20th century Sri Lankan population was 18.8 million. Furthermore at the mid of 20th century reported the largest population growth in Sri Lanka. In 1960 both death rate and birth rate began to decrease representing the next stage of population growth. Therefore at the beginning of 21th century population growth rate was less than before. However this changes of the population has effected more problems in Sri Lanka. Thus the main objective of this study was identifying the relationships between the population growth rate and its determinants with the beginning of 21th century in Sri Lanka. The study used time series data from secondary sources in Sri Lanka. To satisfy the objective of the study, charts, descriptive statistics and correlation coefficients have been employed. The data analyzed by SPSS and Excel software. According to results, with the beginning of 21th century the population has been increasing similar to past. The most people representing in 2011. But population growth rate has been going down. The population growth rate is positively related with birth rate, net migration rate, fertility rate, life expectancy and urban population. The death rate is negatively related with population growth rate. But strong relationships is representing with birth rate, life expectancy and urban population. There are not strong relationships between population and its determinants such as death rate, net migration rate and fertility rate. The most related variable for population growth rate is the birth rate. Hence the population changing mostly depend on the birth rate in Sri Lanka with the beginning of 21th century.
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    Impact of the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and food intake patterns on obesity among undergraduates in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Jayawardana, Y.W.; Madhubhashini, A.A.P.M.; Madhushani, P.A.G.; Marapana, M.B.M.R.C.S.
    The rates of overweight and obesity are rising to epidemic proportions among the adults worldwide leading to a substantial increase in health risks associated with weight. Similarly, overweight and obesity rates in Sri Lanka has also been on a growing trend within the recent past. Addressing the current situation, this study aims to identify the factors of obesity among the undergraduates in Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to the relationship between BMI and food intake patterns. A sample of 500 undergraduates from University of Kelaniya who currently live with their parents, in hostels and boarding houses were selected using simple random sampling. Survey was carried out in representing the students Data collection was conducted by a self-administered questionnaire. Measures of heights and weights were used to calculate BMI (weight/height2) where BMI ≥25.0-29.9 and ≥30.0 was defined as overweight and obese respectively. Eating frequency and nutritional values of food was used to calculate calorie, fat, carbohydrate and fat intake per day. Out of the sample, 20.04 percent had BMI<18.5(underweight), 42.91 percent were BMI between 18.5-24.9 (normal weight), 18.83 percent were between 25.0- 29.9 (overweight) and 18.22 percent were BMI 30.0 or above (obese). Findings of this study identified that 18.8 percent and 18.2 percent of the study sample are overweight and obese respectively. Multiple regression and the independent t test revealed that the higher level of protein intake and lack of awareness among the participants as the factors that are directly associated with the obesity. Increasing level of overweight and obesity among the youth indicates the important role of health professionals in improving awareness, encouraging positive lifestyle and promoting preventative measures of unhealthy food culture among undergraduates in Sri Lanka.
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    රිය අනතුරු සඳහා බලපාන සාධක පිළිබඳ ආනුභාවික අධ්‍යයනයක්
    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Madushanka, G.L.D.H.C.