Search for dissertations about: "Single parent families"

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2. 1. Health and Healthcare Utilization Among Swedish Single Parent Families

   Author : Marcus Westin; Ragnar Westerling; Claes Sundelin; Bo Burström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Social medicine; inequity; single parent; children; health; health care utilization; social capital; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : One of the most vulnerable groups in Swedish society today is single parent families, a group that has increased over the last thirty years in proportion to married and cohabiting parents. The aims of this thesis are to study inequality and inequity in health and health care utilization with regard to whether parents are single or couple (married/cohabiting), to investigate whether the concept of social capital may provide us with further understanding when analyzing inequality and inequity in health and to investigate how the mental health of single parent children may differ from couple parent children and to what extent this difference may be due to parental socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics, including social capital. READ MORE

4. 2. Lone parenting, socioeconomic conditions and severe ill-health : longitudinal register-based studies

   Author : Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft; Denny Vågerö; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; Single parent; single mother; single father; children; risk factor; socio-economic status; mortality; morbidity; injury; psychiatric disease; education; epidemiology; longitudinal; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

   Abstract : The general aims of this dissertation are to analyse how family situation, and especially lone parenting, influence health and life chances in Sweden and the extent to which possible relations are influenced by socioeconomic circumstances and health selection. In two population-based cohort studies we analysed overall and cause-specific mortality (1991-95), and also severe morbidity (1991-94) from different causes among lone mothers in comparison with mothers with partners. READ MORE

5. 3. A vicious circle of silent exclusion : family homelessness and poverty in Sweden from a single mother perspective

   Author : Tove Samzelius; Ruth Lister; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : Single mothers; family homelessness; poverty; welfare state; Sweden; Health and society; Hälsa och samhälle;

   Abstract : Within the confines of the receding Swedish welfare state, family homelessness and poverty are on the rise among one-parent families, in particular those headed by a single migrant mother. This development follows a trend that is noticeable across advanced welfare states, where female-headed households are facing an increased risk of being locked into vicious circles of low-paid work, inadequate income protection schemes and poor housing options. READ MORE

6. 4. The making and breaking of families : Studies on inequalities in the face of parenthood and separation

   Author : Anna-Karin Nylin; Ann-Zofie Duvander; Sunnee Billingsley; Dimitri Mortelmans; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Becoming a parent for the first time is one of the most life-altering events individuals experience. For some, this life-altering change is also followed by the breaking of families when couples part ways in either divorce or separation. READ MORE

7. 5. Equality in Death? : How the Social Positions of Individuals and Families are Linked to Mortality

   Author : Jenny Torssander; Robert Erikson; Denny Vågerö; Pekka Martikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health inequality; mortality; socioeconomic factors; education; social class; social status; income; marital partner; intergenerational; child-parent relationship; cause of death; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Socioeconomic positions of individuals are clearly associated with the chances of living a healthy long life. In four empirical studies based on Swedish population registers, two topics are examined in this thesis: The relationships between different indicators of social position and mortality, and the importance of family members’ socioeconomic resources for the survival of the individual. READ MORE