Search for dissertations about: "consumption pattern"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 164 swedish dissertations containing the words consumption pattern.

  2. 21. Information, Voting Behavior and Electoral Accountability

    Author : Mattias Nordin; Eva Mörk; Massimo Bordignon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; Voting Behavior; Electoral Accountability; Principal-Agent; Vote Aggregation; Mass Media; News Consumption;

    Abstract : Essay 1: In this paper, I investigate the causal effect of information on citizens’ ability to hold their elected politicians accountable for past behavior. Using survey data from the 2006 U.S. READ MORE

  4. 22. Social participation, social capital and socioeconomic differences in health-related behaviours. An epidemiological study

    Author : Martin Lindström; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fat intake; health-related behaviour; intermittent smoking; multilevel analysis; neighbourhood; physical activity; psychosocial; smoking cessation; social capital; social participation; vegetable consumption; socioeconomic differences;

    Abstract : Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate whether psychosocial resources explain socioeconomic differences in smoking cessation and its maintenance. METHODS: A subpopulation of 11,837 individuals from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study interviewed in 1992-94, age range 45-64 years, was investigated in this cross-sectional study. READ MORE

  5. 23. Interventions in adult children and spouses of alcoholics. Randomized controlled trials of mental health and drinking patterns

    Author : Helena Hansson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; randomized controlled trials; coping behavior; university students; intervention; adult children of alcoholics; spouses of alcoholics; drinking pattern;

    Abstract : Randomized studies of various support programs for spouses and children of alcoholics are few in the international literature. This thesis comprises two randomized controlled studies of intervention programs for two family groups: spouses living with an alcoholics partner (paper I and II) and university students who have grown up with at least one parents with alcohol problems (paper III and IV). READ MORE

  6. 24. Efficiency of a wood-fired bakery oven - Improvement by Theoretical and Practical

    Author : Fabiao Manhica; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; flow pattern; temperature profile; airflow; CFD; Wood-fired bakery oven WFBO ; bread quality;

    Abstract : Combustion of biomass in small-scale furnaces is widely used in many countries and in different applications. The technology used is often “fixed grate” combustion in small batch furnaces. READ MORE

  7. 25. When Belongings Secure Credit… : Pawning and Pawners in Interwar Borås

    Author : Tony Kenttä; Sofia Murhem; Göran Ulväng; Dan Bäcklund; Mats Olsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pawning; Pawners; Pawnshops; Credit; Consumption Credit; Debt; Working class; Workers; Life Cycle; Gender; Borås; interwar; Pantsättning; Pantlån; Pantbanker; Kredit; Konsumtionskrediter; Skuld; Arbetarklass; Arbetare; Livscykel; Genus; Borås; mellankrigstiden; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with pawning primarily from the perspective of the pawners. It utilises two samples from the ledgers of a municipal pawnshop in Borås in western Sweden, from 1922/23 and 1932/33. Its aim is to deal with the relation between the material and financial side of pawning as well as the causes behind pawning. READ MORE