Search for dissertations about: "Native migration"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 61 swedish dissertations containing the words Native migration.

2. 21. Migration and Mental Health: Epidemiological Studies of Immigrants in Sweden

   Author : Louise Bayard-Burfield; Samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; suicide attempt; self-reported psychiatric illnes; psychotropic drugs; Ethnicity; mortality; Social medicine; Socialmedicin; samhällsmedicin;

   Abstract : Abstract Aims: To analyse the influence of migration status (country of birth/ethnicity), accultura-tion, socio-economic and psychosocial factors on self-reported psychiatric illness, suicide attempt, total mortality and violent death. Methods: Three main data sources were used: suicide attempts in the catchment area of Lund University Hospital (PASIS) during 1991–94; the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (ULF) 1979–1985 (n=39,155) and 1986–93 (n=36,890); the Swedish National Survey of Immigrants (born in Iran, Chile, Turkey, Kurdistan or Poland) from 1996 (n=1,980). READ MORE

4. 22. Diversity of Legacy : The Experience of Immigrants and their Descendants in Sweden

   Author : Siddartha Aradhya; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrant integration; Second generation immigrants; Birthweight; Education; School grades; Gender; Sweden; Residential choice; Third generation immigrants; Intergenerational processes; repeat migration;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the integration of immigrants from an intergenerational and multidimensional perspective. During the post-World War Two period, Sweden has been characterized by a large and increasing degree of heterogeneity in terms of immigrant background and reason for migration. READ MORE

5. 23. School Reform, Educational Achievement and Lifetime Income : Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

   Author : Anders Böhlmark; Anders Björklund; Dan-Olof Rooth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics of education; international migration; lifetime income; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The Impact of School Choice on Pupil Achievement, Segregation and Costs: Swedish Evidence. This paper evaluates school choice at the compulsory school level. We estimate the impact of an increased enrolment in private schools on average achievement using within-municipality variation over time. READ MORE

6. 24. Body mass index, nutrition and parental migration : from birth to adolescence

   Author : Mohsen Besharat Pour; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Childhood overweight and obesity is a major public health problem of the recent century. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the impact of parental migration background on childhood overweight and obesity and lifestyle in relation to socioeconomic position, and the possible role of factors such as perinatal characteristics and breastfeeding in BMI development among offspring of immigrant parents. READ MORE

7. 25. Health, migration and quality of life among Kurdish immigrants in Sweden

   Author : Marina Taloyan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Immigrants; Kurds; ethnicity; self-reported health; psychological distress; psychological well-being; coping strategies; quantitative; qualitative; Sweden;

   Abstract : Background: Although immigrants generally have poorer health and higher psychological distress than the native population, information on health, migration and quality of life among Kurdish immigrants is limited. Aims: Study I, to explore the association between (i) ethnicity and self-reported health (SRH) and (ii) complaints of psychological distress. READ MORE