NRCASS 2019
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Item Household Well-Being Ranking Tools’ Application in Local Context Sri LankaCase Study – A Section of Kelani Valley Railway Line(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.The existing poverty monitoring system in Sri Lanka only measured up to the district level. It has been unable to meet the requirement of the government and other poverty intervention organizations for identifying the extremely poor households and evaluate the selected poverty interventions. However, the extreme poorest household is to be unrecoverable from their present level because they did not receive any assistance not only from the society but also from the responsible authorities. Another major issue arising with this measurement is considering only monetary dimensions of a household. Nowadays most developing countries tend to use the multidimensional well-being index to measure their individual well-being levels which can use for comparing up to international level. According to those reasons, this study is seeking a well-being measuring index to selected case study area and compare the different measurement and their applicability and limitations. To conduct this research, case study selected as Kelani Valley railway line either side household from baseline railway station to Cotta road railway station with 300 sample households. The developed index included 19 indicators and the survey questionnaire designed basing those indicators. With the analysis results, only 11 indicators are significance with the 0.05 level and with the significant indicators, the new index is derived. Furthermore, the derived index, peoples’ perceptions and existing poverty measurement modeling with linear regression (SPSS) and compared each model and indicators to find out the best tool for wealth ranking in the local context. Derived index and existing poverty measurement more significance with the 0.05 level. As the final conclusion though this research tends to intervene in a new well-being index with multi-dimensions the existing measurement more reliable than it. but the well-being index more correlates with the indicators than the existing measurement.so it is good to rethink the existing measurement improvement with new indicators and the monitor system can break down up to the local level which is more useful to knowing well-being levels as individuals or community.Item Fashion Trendings (Attitudes) Among Undergraduates (Reference to University of Kelaniya)(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.; Herath, H.P.C.N.; Hettiarachchi, H.A.N.D.; Hansini, S.G.L.O.; Gunarathna, D.D.Y.N.Fashion is a communicational product. In easphepips, fashion has been defined as it is a collection of uppredicapevly (beautiful) ideas and according to history, fashion is a center of alter social trending, through the history. In the literature review, it was highlighted that many of the surveys have been based on women. There is a limited number of surveys which considered university students as the research field. Therefore, research problem is what is the opinion of the undergraduates in university of Kelaniya, towards the fashion trending. Is there any influence on the fashion selections, by the educational background of the undergraduates and does it vary between the various economic levels and fashion trending? Key objective is to finding out the social, economic and educational impact on the fashion trending of undergraduates. 80 undergraduates selected form the faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce and Management and Science using stratified sampling method used. Collecting data for Primary data is selected to using a questionnaire and secondary data obtained from the ICCMS and Academic Division. In order to present and analyze data the specified statistics soft wares such as SPSS, Excel and Minitab used. Several data analysis methods were used to present data analysis. Therefore, mean comparison test, multiple response cross tabulation table, correlation, regression analysis and chi square testing. It was possible to get a lot of findings on the data analysis. Many of undergraduates select clothes, Shoes and cosmetics as their fashion types. Few of undergraduates select bags and salon as their fashion types. There is a weak positive correlation between the monthly income and the expenditure on fashion. There is no relationship between time for fashion and time for education of undergraduates. Friends and the culture are the most external factors on focusing for fashion. 65% of undergraduates use technology for their fashion. There is no significant relationship between faculty & taste of fashions of undergraduates. We suggest organizing programs to improve the awareness of undergraduates on how important fashions in accordance with personality development and the undergraduates should be led to participate in the programs held by cultural centers in the universityItem Self-Sustain Solid Waste Management With “Bothal Paththare” Method A Comparative Study Between Traditional And Modern Resource Recovery Methods In Rathnapura(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.Solid waste is one of major problems in present world. The solid waste can be basically categorized in to two components, they are Bio degradable and non-bio degradable materials. Estimating the negative effects from the two components, the Bio degradable materials is not a huge problem but Generate and product non-bio degradable solid waste is the category which create massive problem to the environment. Most of individuals and organizations have the habit of composition bio degradable materials. For the non-bio degradable materials recover, reuse and recycling are the most fitted solutions. In present context there are lots of companies using the method of recycling for the purpose of private profits and in those companies the most important step is collect and recover the materials. In various country there are different techniques used for collect and recover the materials. Most of the methods introduced by local authorities by using the powers of the authorities and imposing regulations. In Sri Lankan the system is bit different, the birth of the system happened in the same market mechanism. The price ranges will depend according to the demand and supply of the make. This method is called “Bothal Paththare”. Most of the towns in the Sri Lanka have the system “Bothal Paththare’. This method is self-sustain and new trends have been spread by local authorities with the private partnership in collect and recovery recyclable materials and solid waste management projects. But that is not self-sustain. This study emphasis on the importance of the self-sustain system of “Bothal Paththare” for recover and collect for recyclable.