Search for dissertations about: "female immigrants"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words female immigrants.
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1. Perinatal mortality among immigrants from Africa´s Horn: The importance of experience, rationality, and tradition for risk assessment in pregnancy and childbirth
Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of the possible effects of maternal country of origin on the risk of perinatal mortality (PNM). Increased risk of PNM was found among infants of foreign-born women delivering in a Swedish hospital between 1990-1995. READ MORE
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2. Wages and unemployment of immigrants and natives in Sweden
Abstract : Ethnic Di®erences in the Swedish Youth Labor Market This paperinvestigates whether or not ethnic background a®ects labormarket success for young people in Sweden. A multinomial logit model of mutually exclusive labor market outcomes is estimated using the Swedish School Leaver Survey on young people who graduated from compulsory school in 1988. READ MORE
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3. The health and working conditions of female immigrants in Sweden
Abstract : Sweden is one of the European countries that has gradually changed from a mainly ethnically homogeneous society into a multi-ethnic society. This change began in the late 1940s and has increased in pace, especially since the early 1960s. READ MORE
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4. Nutrition and Physical Activity among Somali Immigrants in Sweden
Abstract : Overall aim of the thesis The overall aim of the research was to explore dietary habits, physical activity and weight status of Somali immigrants in southern Sweden. Method Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. READ MORE
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5. Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting
Abstract : Background: Worldwide at least 130 million now living women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female genital cutting (FGC). Reinfibulation (RI) is a secondary form, mainly performed after delivery. READ MORE