Search for dissertations about: "family residency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words family residency.

2. 1. Urbanization and Education : The Effect of Childhood Urban Residency on Educational Attainment

   Author : Raoul van Maarseveen; Niklas Bengtsson; Matz Dahlberg; Daniel Sturm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban Residency; Educational Attainment; Urbanization; Human Capital; Urban Migration; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract :   Essay I: Does rural to urban migration in developing countries improve the opportunities available to children? And does childhood urban exposure increase educational attainment? Using census data for 14 African countries combined with an age-at-move design, I show that childhood exposure to cities significantly raises primary school completion, school attendance, and literacy rates. The increase in educational attainment is robust to the inclusion of household fixed effects, visible in all subgroups and countries, and particularly large for girls. READ MORE

4. 2. Social stressors and their association with psychosomatic problems among adolescents : Implications for school social work

   Author : Victoria Lönnfjord; Curt Hagquist; Daniel Bergh; Mona Sundh; Patrik Karlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social stressors; adolescents; psychosomatic problems; school social work; parental unemployment; family residency; schoolwork pressure; academic achievement expectation; bullying; bullying victimization; bullying intervention; self-efficacy; disability; long-term illness; Sociala påfrestningar; ungdomar; psykosomatiska besvär; skolsocialt arbete; föräldrars arbetslöshet; boendesituation; press i skolan; krav på skolprestationer; mobbning; utsatthet för mobbning; interventioner mot mobbning; tilltro till sin egen förmåga; funktionsnedsättning; långvarig sjukdom; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to investigate associations between family-, school- and individual-related social stressors and adolescents’ psychosomatic problems, and which factors might moderate these associations. A cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data and 3764 Swedish adolescents (girls 51. READ MORE

5. 3. 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

6. 4. Migration and Perceptions of War : Simultaneous Surveys in Countries of Origin and Settlement

   Author : Jonathan Hall; Ashok Swain; Cochrane Feargal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; migration; refugees; gastarbeiter; family reunification; exile; trauma; coping; nostalgia; conservation of resources; terror management theory; social identity complexity; assimilation; acculturation; surveys; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to post-war public opinion research by examining the perceptions of migrants – the gastarbeiter, the refugee, the family reunited after war – and the local population in comparative perspective. Existing surveys of post-war populations are typically conducted in a single country affected by war. READ MORE

7. 5. Overlooking health acculturation : a grounded theory study illustrating the complexity of intercultural consultation in Swedish primary care

   Author : Erica Rothlind; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Intercultural consultations are perceived as complex by physicians and when asked why, ‘cultural differences’ are often mentioned. With increasing patient diversity in primary care, because of increasing global migration, there is a need to address this. READ MORE