Search for dissertations about: "adoptive parents"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words adoptive parents.
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1. Overrepresentation of Internationally Adopted Adolescents in Swedish §12-institutions
Abstract : In order to study internationally adopted delinquents, internationally adopted controls, delinquent controls and an additional group of healthy non-adopted, non-delinquent controls, the following tests were used: WISC/WAIS, TOL, WCST, a questionnaire, I think I am, ISSI, an attachment test, KSP, and SCL-90. In the register study, data were obtained from the registers of The National Board of Health and Welfare and Statistics Sweden and multivariate analyses were performed using logistic regression models. READ MORE
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2. Understanding Intergenerational Mobility : Inequality, Student Aid and Nature-Nurture Interactions
Abstract : Essay I: A body of evidence has emerged in the literature on intergenerational mobility documenting that unequal countries experience less social mobility: a relationship known as the Great Gatsby Curve. In this paper I estimate the Great Gatsby Curve within Sweden across 125 commuting zones and 20 cohorts, exploiting both cross-sectional and longitudinal variation. READ MORE
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3. Gender, Incentives, and the Division of Labor
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays. Essay 1: The length of parental leave entitlements is known to affect take-up rates, division of parental leave between parents, and the mother's decision to return to work. So far, however, the importance of the level of benefit has received little attention in the literature. READ MORE
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4. Adoption studies on psychiatric illness : epidemiological, environmental and genetic aspects
Abstract : The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of adoptions and to study the gene-environment influences on psychiatric illness as well as sick-leave patterns. The material consists of 2 966 adopted persons born between 1917 and 1949, their 5 932 adoptive parents and 5 438 identified biological parents. READ MORE
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5. Essays on the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage : The Role of Prenatal Health and Fertility
Abstract : This thesis consists of four chapters on the role of prenatal health and fertility on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. The first two are related, and the third and fourth chapters are independent essays. READ MORE