Search for dissertations about: "foreign-born"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the word foreign-born.

  2. 21. Internal Migration of Natives and Immigrants Following Job Displacement

    Author : Anders Boman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internal migration; ethnic enclaves; displacement; discrete time duration; internal migration; ethnic enclaves; displacement; discrete time duration;

    Abstract : In this paper discrete-time duration analysis is used to identify differences in the internal migration of immigrants and natives following job displacement. Human capital theory presents us with two hypotheses. READ MORE

  4. 22. Social differentials in health-related non-employment and poverty : studies on consequences of limiting longstanding illness, musculoskeletal and mental disorders

    Author : Johanna Falk; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to increase knowledge on social differentials in employment and income consequences among persons with chronic disease. The studies were conducted in Sweden and different policy context during the first decade of the 2000s. READ MORE

  5. 23. Elderly Immigrants, Socio-economic Status and Health. An epidemiological study of cardiovascular risk factors, impaired mobility and self-reported health status

    Author : Sonja Pudaric; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; stress; cardiovascular risk factors; IADL; impaired mobility impaired working capacity; self-reported health; socio-economic status; country of birth ethnicity; elderly people; discrimination; Socialmedicin; Social medicine; samhällsmedicin;

    Abstract : Aims: To analyse the relationship between country of birth/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and impaired mobility, impaired working capacity, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, health behaviours among those with CVD risk factors, self-reported health status, impaired instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and all-cause mortality. Methods: Two main data sources were used: the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions (in Swedish ULF) 1986–1993, people aged 55–74 years, and the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988–1994 in the USA, people aged 65–84. READ MORE

  6. 24. HIV preventive interventions, sampling methods and sexual risk behaviour among men who have sex with men

    Author : Susanne Strömdahl; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : HIV prevention;

    Abstract : Background: Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of HIV globally. HIV rates among MSM in Europe show increasing trends, in contrast to declining trends in the general population. During the last five years, an increase in reported HIV cases among foreign-born MSM have been observed in Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 25. Housing tenure and residential mobility in Stockholm 1990-2014

    Author : Andreas Alm Fjellborg; Roger Andersson; Jan Amcoff; Eva Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Residential mobility; Housing tenure; Stockholm; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : In this thesis the links between housing tenure, income and selective, segregation generating, residential mobility are explored. The development of these links is analysed against the background of housing regime changes in Stockholm between 1990 and 2014. READ MORE