Search for dissertations about: "housing deprivation"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words housing deprivation.
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1. Housing, poverty and the welfare state : Spatial distribution of tenure types and its effects on housing deprivation, unemployment and residualisation
Abstract : An important question that has caused much academic debate is how to best organise the welfare state system to combat poverty and social exclusion. Much such research is focused on how to combat income poverty through core areas in the welfare state. READ MORE
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2. Dwelling on Substandard Housing : A multi-site contextualisation of housing deprivation among Romanian Roma
Abstract : This thesis explores the housing situation of Romanian Roma in recent times. Many Romanian Roma are relegated to inadequate living condi�tions, and this thesis seeks to further our knowledge of the spaces this group inhabits. READ MORE
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3. Child injury in Europe : scope, circumstances and association with country-level housing conditions and economic disparities
Abstract : Background: Injuries are a major cause of social inequality in child health in Europe and the leading cause of mortality. There is a need for information to assist in developing a coordinated policy action to tackle these problems. READ MORE
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4. Individual health, neighborhood characteristics, and allocation of primary health care resources
Abstract : Aims: To examine whether neighborhood education and neighborhood income predict incidence rates of coronary heart disease (CHD), beyond individual characteristics (study 1); to examine whether neighborhood deprivation, measured with Care Need Index (CNI), predicts CHD incidence rates, beyond individual characteristics (study 2); to examine whether low scores in a social participation index predict CHD incidence rates, after adjustment for individual characteristics (study 3); and to examine the relationship between CNI and poor self-reported health at neighborhood level, to examine whether the transformed CNI can be used for a total allocation of primary health care resources and to compare the transformed CNI with the official Stockholm model (study 4). Methods: In study 1 25,319 individuals between 1986 and 1993 from the Swedish Annual Level of Living Survey (SALLS) were followed until December 31, 1997, for CHD incidence events. READ MORE
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5. Social class and mortality risk
Abstract : Persons from lower social classes have a smaller chance to live a long and healthy life than persons from higher social classes. Larger relative mortality risks in lower social classes are not due simply to accidents, alcohol related mortality, or suicides. READ MORE