Search for dissertations about: "demographic structure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words demographic structure.

2. 1. Constructing communities : The establishment and demographic development of sawmill communities in the Sundsvall district, 1850-1890

   Author : Maria Bergman; Sören Edvinsson; Anna Lundberg; Ann-Sofie Högman; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sawmill; sawmill worker; Sundsvall; 19th century; community; population development; migration; internal parish migration; barriers; residency; demographic structure; fammily; kinship networks; History; Historia; historia; History;

   Abstract : This dissertation studies the establishment and demographic development of the sawmill communities that emerged in the Sundsvall district during the latter half of the 19th century.  The intention is to highlight the importance of the sawmill communities and their resident populations by discussing community construction from a demographic perspective as well as socially and symbolically. READ MORE

4. 2. Tourists' vacation choice structure : Influence of values and implications for green tourism

   Author : Therese Hedlund; Maria Bengtsson; Anna-Carin Nordvall; Øystein Aas; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vacation choice structure; values; green attitudes; green tourism; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

   Abstract : In the vacation choice structure, denoting how vacation choices such as choice of destination, travel mode, and accommodation, are related and prioritized by tourists, every choice plays an important and unique role. Although it has been recognized that vacation choices inter-relate in several different aspects, previous research has primarily studied the primacy aspect. READ MORE

5. 3. From the migrations of herders and farmers to the colonial era and the modern-day : Genetic inferences on African demographic history

   Author : Rickard Hammarén; Mattias Jakobsson; Carina Schlebusch; Torsten Günther; Luca Pagani; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; admixture; African demography; human evolutionary genetics; population structure; sex-biased admixture; Africa; population genetics; Biology with Specialisation in Human Evolution and Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot människans evolution och genetik;

   Abstract : Africa is the birthplace of the human species and home to great linguistic, cultural, and genetic diversity. Despite this, the genetics of the peoples of the continent remains understudied. In this thesis, I apply population genetic approaches, to contribute to the knowledge of human demographic history in Africa. READ MORE

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Demographic History and Adaptation in African Populations

   Author : Mário Vicente; Carina Schlebusch; Mattias Jakobsson; Lluis Quintana-Murci; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; African demography; human evolutionary genetics; population structure; population admixture; genetic adaptation;

   Abstract : Africa is the continent where modern humans originated and yet, African demographic history remains largely unknown. Through analyzing the genetic composition of extant and extinct individuals, it is possible to reveal signals of past demographic history and adaptation. READ MORE