Search for dissertations about: "female-male inequalities."

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words female-male inequalities..

2. 1. Welfare, Security and the Level of Fertility: A Global Analysis, 1985 and 1995

   Author : Edgar Iglesias; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic history; female-male inequalities.; breastfeeding; marriage; fertility; contraceptive use; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : Aims: This study aims to find an explanation for differentials in the level of fertility through the analysis of the recent data of seventy-eight developed and developing countries. The main approach adopted is the specification of a macroeconomic interdependent model testing hypotheses within an institutional point of view. READ MORE

4. 2. Gender matters : understanding of access barriers to community-based tuberculosis care in Bangladesh

   Author : Fazlul Karim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Community-based DOTS programme; Bangladesh; Gender; Delays; Stigma; Cultural epidemiology; Socio-economic divides; Smear-positive PTB prevalence;

   Abstract : Background: Females lesser use of TB control services is a grave concern worldwide, entailing more gender research in quest of practical remedies. Objective: To understand the gender differences in various clinical steps for TB care, explore gender-specific access barriers to TB control; and measure smear-positive PTB prevalence in different population groups of rural Bangladesh. READ MORE