Search for dissertations about: "demography"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the word demography.
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21. Nuptiality Trends in Sweden, 1971-1995
Abstract : The purpose of this licentiate thesis is to introduce a system of annual indexes of divorce risks and marriage risks and to use the sys¬tem to display nuptiality trends for Swedish women over the years since 1971. We give special attention to the effects of children on the nuptiality behavior in that we present parity specific indexes of risks for the various civil-status changes. READ MORE
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22. Plant Population Dynamics of Dodonaea angustifolia and Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata in Dry Afromontane Forests of Ethiopia
Abstract : Human disturbance has led to excessive deforestation and to a very limited forest cover in the Afromontane zone of Ethiopia, which forms a large part of the country. Thus urgent conservation measures are required to ameliorate the situation. READ MORE
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23. Population Dynamics and Conservation of the Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) on the Edge of its Range
Abstract : The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) reaches the northern periphery of its distribution in south-central Sweden, where small, isolated relict populations occur in pine heath forests on sandy sediments. Modern forestry and fire suppression have reduced the amount of suitable open habitat for the species in this area and seem to be important for its decline. READ MORE
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24. Demographic and clinical characteristics in groups of individual with exessive alcohol intake
Abstract : People who misuse alcohol are a heterogeneous group with different etiology and clinical characteristics. One aim in the field of alcohol research has been to categorise these individuals in order to study possible pathways into alcohol use disorders and the long-term course of alcoholism. READ MORE
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25. Human demographic history : Insights on the human past based on genomes from Southern through Central Africa
Abstract : Evidence from paleontology, archaeology and population genetics support that modern humans originated in Africa. While the out-of-Africa event and subsequent colonization of all continents are well documented, human history in Africa at that time and before is less studied. READ MORE