Search for dissertations about: "Birth-order"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word Birth-order.
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1. The Long-term Impact of Birth Order on Health and Educational Attainment
Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the long-term impact of birth order on health, and educational attainment. Swedish register data is used to link individuals to their siblings, thereby allowing members of the sibling group to be compared to one another. READ MORE
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2. Effects of family configuration on cognitive functions and health across the adult life span
Abstract : This thesis examines whether childhood family configuration influences performance on cognitive functions and health in adulthood and old age. All studies examined participants in the Betula Prospective Cohort Study aged 35 to 85 years (Nilsson et al., 1997). READ MORE
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3. Sibling Configuration and Adulthood Outcomes : The Case of Two-Child Families
Abstract : This thesis includes three empirical studies, analyzing how sibling configuration (i.e. birth order, birth spacing and sex-composition) influences siblings’ long-run income and educational choice. This is done by utilizing the unique linkage opportunities of administrative registers covering the entire population of Sweden. READ MORE
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4. Family, Neighborhoods, and Health : Conditions for the Development of Human Capabilities
Abstract : Essay 1: We use data from a large sample of adoptees born in Sweden to decompose the intergenerational persistence in health inequality across generations into one pre-birth component, measured by the biological parents’ longevity, and one post-birth component, measured by the adopting parents’ longevity. We find that most of the health inequality is transmitted via pre-birth factors. READ MORE
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5. Under the influence : Substance misuse from the perspective of linked lives
Abstract : Health risk behaviors shape, and are shaped by, the people with whom we interact throughout our lives. The use of substances, including alcohol or narcotics, is one such behavior, yet it is often empirically examined in isolation of other people. READ MORE