Search for dissertations about: "Inequalities"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 390 swedish dissertations containing the word Inequalities.
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1. Spectral Inequalities and Their Applications in Quantum Mechanics
Abstract : The work presented in this thesis revolves around spectral inequalities and their applications in quantum mechanics.In Paper A, the ground state energy of an atom confined to two dimensions is analyzed in the limit when the charge of the nucleus Z becomes very large. READ MORE
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2. Inequalities in Health : the Importance of Material/Structural Factors and Psychosocial Resources
Abstract : Socioeconomic inequalities in health are well-documented in most countries. Health differences have been shown to follow a gradient, where health status in average is somewhat poorer for every lower level in the social hierarchy. Notably, the welfare state Sweden is no exception. READ MORE
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3. Spaces of (non)ageing : A discoursive study of inequalities we live by
Abstract : This dissertation examines processes and practices that make certain social categories real in people’s lives. One of these categories is old age and old people. In contemporary societies that are inundated by images of youth, old age is under attack. READ MORE
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4. Health for community dwelling older people : trends, inequalities, needs and care in rural Vietnam
Abstract : Background InVietnam, the proportion of people aged 60 and above has increased rapidly in recent decades. The majority live in rural areas where socioeconomic status is more disadvantaged than in urban areas.Vietnam’s economic status is improving but disparities in income and living conditions are widening between groups and regions. READ MORE
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5. Work-Related Inequalities in Health : Studies of income, work environment, and sense of coherence
Abstract : Ill health is unevenly distributed across different groups in society, with the disadvantaged groups displaying higher rates of ill health than the more advantaged groups. The aim of the thesis is to study work-related inequalities in health, and to focus on how income, aspects of the physical and psychosocial work environment, and sense of coherence, individually or jointly, generate inequalities in a number of health outcomes in the Swedish working population. READ MORE