Search for dissertations about: "longitudinal social networks."

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2. 1. A class of origin : The school class as a social context and health disparities in a life-course perspective

   Author : Ylva Almquist; Viveca Östberg; Michael Gähler; Bjørn Holstein; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; School class; Social structure; Social networks; Health inequalities; Longitudinal; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis is to examine various aspects of the school-class structure and their links to health in a life-course perspective. The empirical studies are based on two longitudinal data materials of cohorts born in the 1950s, followed up until middle age. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Bayesian Inference for Social Networks

   Author : Johan Koskinen; Ove Frank; Philippa Pattison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bayesian inference; social network analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo; exponential random graphs; cognitive social structures; longitudinal social networks.; Statistics; Statistik;

   Abstract : This thesis presents Bayesian solutions to inference problems for three types of social network data structures: a single observation of a social network, repeated observations on the same social network, and repeated observations on a social network developing through time.A social network is conceived as being a structure consisting of actors and their social interaction with each other. READ MORE

5. 3. Inequity in mind. On the Social and Genetic Risk Factors of Dementia and Their Interactions

   Author : Caroline Hasselgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dementia; APOE ε4; health inequity; longitudinal population studies; class; sex gender; fundamental cause theory;

   Abstract : The present thesis seeks to further explain the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by studying the long-term impact of class- and gender-based inequities as well as the extent to which they potentially moderate genetic risk. Central to this endeavour is the recognition of social inequity as multifaceted, and of potential intersections between different drivers of structural (dis)advantage in relation to individual health prospects. READ MORE

6. 4. Modeling Organizational Dynamics : Distributions, Networks, Sequences and Mechanisms

   Author : Hernan Mondani; Fredrik Liljeros; Rickard Sandell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational dynamics; social organizing; organizational change; modeling; organizational growth; process stability; labor flow network; employment trajectories; heavy-tailed distributions; complex network analysis; sequence analysis; agent-based modeling; sociophysics; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The study of how social organizations work, change and develop is central to sociology and to our understanding of the social world and its transformations. At the same time, the underlying principles of organizational dynamics are extremely difficult to investigate. READ MORE

7. 5. Social Capital and Self-rated Health: testing association with longitudinal and multilevel methodologies

   Author : Giuseppe Nicola Giordano; Socialmedicin och hälsopolitik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Temporal relationships; Multilevel; Longitudinal; Participation; Trust; Self-rated health; United Kingdom; Social capital;

   Abstract : Since Durkheim’s seminal work over a century ago, research has repeatedly shown that individuals with higher levels of social integration, social networks and social support have better health status. However, the recent introduction of a contextual phenomenon known as social capital to the field of public health has sparked lively debate as to how it may also influence the health of individuals, if at all. READ MORE