Search for dissertations about: "foreign-born"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the word foreign-born.

  2. 16. Sexual risk behaviors among young migrants and key populations in Sweden

    Author : Sara Causevic; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: The approximate number of young migrants (aged 15 to 24 years) is almost 32 million globally. In Sweden, in 2022, nearly 2.5% of all citizens were foreign-born aged 15-24. READ MORE

  4. 17. Early life factors and the long-term development of asthma

    Author : Hartmut Vogt; Lennart Nilsson; Lennart Bråbäck; Karin Fälth-Magnusson; Catarina Almqvist Malmros; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; asthma; birth cohort; national register;

    Abstract : Asthma, a huge burden on millions of individuals worldwide, is one of the most important public health issues in many countries. As genetic and   environmental factors interact, asthma may be programmed very early in life, perhaps even in utero. READ MORE

  5. 18. It Breaks a Man's Heart - Socioeconomic Differences in the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease in Contemporary Sweden

    Author : Tina Hannemann; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cardiovascular disease; socioeconomic status; occupational stress; income attainment; occupational class; immigration; intermarriage; indirect impact pathways;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status and the onset of cardiovascular disease in a contemporary population of natives and foreign-born individuals in Sweden. The complexity of individual socioeconomic characteristics and the interrelationship with other cardiovascular risk factors is the focus of the studies in this thesis. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on Immigrants and Institutional Change in Sweden

    Author : Mikael Ohlson; Mårten Palme; Per Lundborg; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; retirement; disability; self-selection; immigrants; wage inequalities; wage discrimination; product market deregulation; competition; naturalization; citizenship; ; economic impact; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays about immigrants’ experiences in Sweden. They all focus on the interaction between institutional settings and effects on immigrants’ economic conditions. READ MORE

  7. 20. Migration, mental health and suicide : an epidemiological, psychiatric and cross-cultural study

    Author : Leena Maria Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ethnicity suicide Finns psychiatric admissions self-reportedhealth meaning making systems.;

    Abstract : Background: In spite of restrictions in Swedish immigration policy during the 1990s, the foreign-born population (10.7% in 1996) is steadily increasing because of immigration of relatives of refugees and labor migrants. READ MORE