Search for dissertations about: "parental background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 176 swedish dissertations containing the words parental background.

  2. 1. Health and Social Determinants Among Boys and Girls in Sweden : Focusing on Parental Background

    Author : Heidi Carlerby; Katja Gillander Gådin; Anders Knutsson; Eija Viitasara; Ina Borup; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; bullying involvement; discrimination; foreign extraction; gender; WHO-HBSC; intersectional perspective; health risk behaviour; parental background; PSP; SHC; SCOS; socio-demography; mobbning; diskrimination; utländsk härkomst; genus; WHO-HBSC; intersektionalitetsperspektiv; hälsoriskbeteende; föräldrabakgrund; PSP; SHC; SCOS; sociodemografi;

    Abstract : The majority of Swedish boys and girls have good psychosomatic health. Despite that the risk of mental health problems such as nervousness, feeling low and sleeping difficulties has increased steadily in recent decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Parental involvement in school : What promotes and what hinders parental involvement in an urban school

    Author : Laid Bouakaz; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; minority parents; multi-ethnic school; multicultural; parental involvement; urban school;

    Abstract : Avhandlingens övergripande syfte är att förvärva kunskap om vad som främjar respektive vad som hindrar föräldrasamverkan i en grundskola med elever i skolåren 6-9 belägen i ett invandrartät område, samt nå en bättre förståelse av hur föräldrar med arabisk bakgrund och lärare ser på föräldrasamverkan i skolan. Ett ytterligare och besläktat syfte är att bättre förstå hur dessa föräldrar kan stödjas på ett sätt som möjliggör för dem att öka sin upplevelse av medverkan i den skola som deras barn går i. READ MORE

  5. 3. Family Background and Individual Achievement : Essays in Empirical Labour Economics

    Author : Lena Lindahl; Anders Björklund; Matthew Lindquist; Øivind Anti Nilsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Siblings; income; family background; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : College choice and subsequent earnings. Results using Swedish sibling data. This paper investigates the relationship between college choice and annual earnings, using within-family variation in college choice. READ MORE

  6. 4. Parents, Children and Childbearing

    Author : Johan Dahlberg; Juho Härkönen; Gunnar Andersson; Jennifer S. Barber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Demography; Sociology; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission; Intergenerational influences; Social background; Parental death; Timing of first birth; Mode of delivery; Sibling correlation; Event history analysis; Childlessness; Sweden; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis provides a set of studies of social influences on fertility timing. Swedish register data are used to link individuals to their parents and siblings, thereby allowing the study of impacts of family of origin, social background, and parental death on fertility. READ MORE

  7. 5. Parental Perspectives on Preschool Children’s Lifestyle : quantitative and qualitative aspects

    Author : Christina Stenhammar; Anna Sarkadi; Birgitta Edlund; Björn Wettergren; Lennart Köhler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; eating habits; lifestyle; childhood overweight; parents; perspectives; physical activity; and postal questionnaire; Paediatric medicine; Pediatrisk medicin; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Abstract : Children’s lifestyle has changed significantly during the recent decades, with an increasing prevalence of obesity as one outcome. Parents are usually the most influential people in young children’s lives. READ MORE