Search for dissertations about: "Living arrangements"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Living arrangements.

  2. 1. Parents, children and their families : living arrangements of old people in the XIX century, Sundsvall region, Sweden

    Author : Leonardo Fusè; Sören Edvinsson; Hans Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; 19th century; Demographic transition; Sundsvall; Sweden; Family planning; Household structure; Industrialization; Life-course analysis; Living arrangements; Old age; Social history; Demography; Demografi;

    Abstract : This study deals with the intergenerational coresidence during the nineteenth century. The main focus is placed on the possible differences in the coresidences among parents and children and whether demographic transition and industrialization changed this relation. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ageing in a changing society : Elderly men and women in urban Sweden 1830-1930

    Author : Ann-Kristin Högman; Lars-Göran Tedebrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; demography; family; gender; labour force participation; living arrangements; modernisation; Norrköping; old age; poor relief; Stockholm; Sundsvall; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande; Social welfare social pedagogics; Social omsorg socialpedagogik; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; caring sciences in social sciences; omvårdnadsforskning med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning;

    Abstract : This study deals with the impact of industrialisation and urbanisation on the living conditions of aged men and women. By studying labour force participation, savings and pensions, the role of the family, and the extent of dependency of aged men and women from a gender and class perspective, continuities and changes between pre-industrial and industrial times are examined. READ MORE

  5. 3. Trying to make a living - Studies in the economic life of women in interwar Sweden

    Author : Linda Lane; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; demography; discrimination; gender; income; labour market; occupations; standard of living; Sweden; trade unions;

    Abstract : Studies of the emerging economic roles of women have been dominated by the Anglo-American discourse. Female experiences of economic life in these countries are often interpreted as universal. This dissertation argues that institutional arrangements particular to specific societies generate different outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Children`s Mental Health -with focus on family arrangements

    Author : Åsa Carlsund; Eva Sellstrom; Kenneth Asplund; Eva Benzein; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; family; mental health; parents; risk behaviours; shared physical custody; social capital; subjective halth complaints; subjective well-being;

    Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to study children’s mental health with focus on family arrangements. The thesis was based on four studies (I-IV). READ MORE

  7. 5. Living with diabetes within the framework of Swedish primary health care : Somalian and professional perspectives

    Author : Anne-Marie Wallin; Gerd Ahlström; Katarina Hjelm; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : cross-cultural interviews; diabetes; experiences; encounter; ethnic minority; health beliefs; health-care professionals; interpreter; literature review; qualitative method;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to provide knowledge on the one handSomalian-born immigrants´ experiences of living with diabetes mellitus (DM)in a new cultural environment, on the other hand their encounter with Swedishdiabetic care – this from both their own point of view and that of the health-care professionals. There was an endeavour to describe methodological aspectsof the interpreter´s role in respect of the trustworthiness of research performedin multicultural societies. READ MORE