Search for dissertations about: "immigrant background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words immigrant background.

2. 1. Immigrant background and orthodontic treatment need : Quantitative and qualitative studies in Swedish adolescents

   Author : Eva Josefsson; Krister Bjerklin; Rune Lindsten; Viveca Brattström; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Orthodontic treatment need; adolescents; immigrant background; self-perceived need; malocclusion; poor dental aesthetics; social norms;

   Abstract : During the last three decades there has been an increased influx of refugees and immigrants into Scandinavia. The overall aim of this thesis was primarily to improve our knowledge of malocclusion and orthodontic treatment need, both normative and self-perceived, in adolescents of varying geographic origin. READ MORE

4. 2. Immigrant Entrepreneurship In Sweden : Challenges And Opportunities Related To Business Development

   Author : Ghazal Zalkat; Henrik Barth; Pia Ulvenblad; Monder Ram; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrant Entrepreneurship; Female; Refugees; Mixed Embeddedness; Business Development; Entrepreneurial Process; Intersectionality;

   Abstract : Background: At a time of continued volatility and uncertainty, there is a growing need to tackle the numerous political-social challenges and embrace the opportunities presented by demographic shifts caused by mass immigration. The migration crisis, which peaked in the European Union during 2015 and 2016, with over a million immigrants, has sparked renewed discussions among scholars, politicians, and the public about the costs and benefits of immigration. READ MORE

5. 3. Judging the Immigrant : Accents and Attitudes

   Author : Niklas Torstensson; Kirk P. H. Sullivan; Robert Eklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Foreign accent evaluation; native reactions; attitudes; court interpretation; forensic linguistics; cognitive prototype; legal judgement; Cognitive science; Kognitionsvetenskap; Cognitive science; Kognitionsforskning; Teknik;

   Abstract : Spoken language as a means of communication contains huge amounts of information apart from the linguistic message that is conveyed. It is often the first channel of interaction between people and based on the speaker’s manner of talk, we create a mental image of the speaker as a person, of the speaker’s background, origin and personal qualities. READ MORE

6. 4. Immigrant Employment Integration and Structural Change in Sweden, 1970-1995

   Author : Pieter Bevelander; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; naturalisation; context of reception; structural change; Sweden; labour market; employment; integration; Migration; immigrant; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : This study deals with the employment integration of immigrant men and women in Sweden between 1970 and 1995. The first chapter starts with a review of theory and previous studies on immigrant employment and from this a number of testable hypotheses are framed The second chapter gives an overview of Swedish immigration history, the composition of the immigrant population and the economic background in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. READ MORE

7. 5. On oral health in young individuals with foreign and Swedish backgrounds

   Author : Brittmarie Jacobsson; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental caries; diet; epidemiology; foreign background; gingivitis; immigrant;

   Abstract : In Sweden, children and adolescents with two foreign-born parents constitute 17% of all children in the Swedish population.AIMS: The aims of this thesiswere to collect knowledge of the prevalence of gingivitis, caries and caries associated variables, in the 3-, 5-, 10- and 15-year age groups with two foreign born parents compared with their counterparts with Swedish-born parents in a ten-year perspective (Study I). READ MORE