Search for dissertations about: "leisure"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 289 swedish dissertations containing the word leisure.

2. 26. Adult education in relation to work and leisure : a cross-sectional study of adults with short previous formal education

   Author : Urban Bergsten; Stockholms universitet; []
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4. 27. Social determinants of leisure time physical activity, body mass index, and acute myocardial infarction

   Author : Sadiq Mohammad Ali; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Public health; acute myocardial infarction; obesity; overweight; underweight; leisure time physical activity; health locus of control; social capital; Socioeconomic status; psychosocial work conditions;

   Abstract : There are substantial socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in most western countries. Socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular risk factors (obesity/overweight, tobacco smoking, leisure time physical activity, dietary habits) are correspondingly large. READ MORE

5. 28. Leisure in late life : patterns of participation and relationship with health

   Author : Neda Agahi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Leisure activities; participation; middle age; old age; Sweden; longitudinal;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate aspects of leisure participation in late life. More specifically, differences in participation rates between two cohorts of older adults and changes in leisure activities from middle age to old age were examined, as well as the association between leisure activities and survival. READ MORE

6. 29. Leisure activities at old age and their influence on dementia development

   Author : Stéphanie Paillard-Borg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet Care Sciences and Society Department of Neurobiology Aging Research Center (ARC); []
   Keywords : Leisure activities; dementia; components; dimensions; protective factor; onset; Demens;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to describe the participation in leisure activities of elderly subjects and to detect their possible effect, if any, on the development of dementia. The data were derived from the Kungsholmen Project, which is a community-based prospective study on aging and dementia in people aged over 74 years, living in Stockholm, Sweden. READ MORE

7. 30. Public Expenditures and Youth Crime

   Author : Lars Lindvall; Sören Blomquist; Clas-Henric Siven; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Economics; youth crime; public expenditures; school quality; school expenditures; leisure expenditures; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation comprises three essays on public expenditures and youth crime.Essay 1 deals with the modelling of youths’ criminal behavior and analyzes the public decision to allocate resources to school and leisure activities. First, an individual time allocation model with a choice set containing school, leisure and crime is set up. READ MORE