Search for dissertations about: "job insecurity"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words job insecurity.

  2. 16. Employment Status and Inequalities in Health Outcomes : Population-based Studies from Gävleborg County

    Author : Anne-Sofie Hiswåls; Gloria Macassa; Joaquim Soares; Gebrenegus Ghilagaber; Peter Öberg; Örjan Sundin; Charli Eriksson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Employment status; self-reported health; health inequalities; suicidal ideation; anxiety; depression; out of work; perceived well-being; qualitative approach; recession time; Gävle; Anställningsstatus; självrapporterad hälsa; ojämlikhet i hälsa; självmordstankar; ångest; depression; utanför arbetsmarknaden; upplevt välbefinnande; kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt; lågkonjunktur; Gävle;

    Abstract : Background and objectives: From a public health perspective, it is important not only to improve and maintain health, but also to promote equality in health. Epidemiological research has showed the importance of work and unemployment in the development of socio-economic health inequalities, and peoples life chances are suggested to be conditioned by participation or exclusion from the labour market. READ MORE

  4. 17. Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden

    Author : Bertina Kreshpaj; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Nowadays, employment arrangements come under many different forms, often difficult to trace in the statistics due to a lack of standard definitions and measurements. Precarious Employment (PE) is a multidimensional construct constituted by several elements of low-quality employment conditions, and increasing evidence has associated this construct with an array of unfavorable mental and physical health outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 18. Urban-Based Agriculture and Poultry Production : The Case of Kisumu and Thika in Kenya

    Author : Samuel Omondi; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban agriculture; urban-based rural agriculture; poultry production; poultry value chain; food security; Kenya;

    Abstract : Kenya’s population is rapidly growing and urbanising. Poverty and problems of food insecurity are equally urbanising at an unprecedented rate. Formal employment has not kept pace with the job demand of the growing population. READ MORE