Search for dissertations about: "proxy reports"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words proxy reports.

2. 1. Children with Congenital Heart Defects. Intellectual Functioning and Family Impact

   Author : Carmen Ryberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; intellectual functioning; self-reports; proxy reports; congenital heart defects; neurodevelopment; mothers and fathers of children with congenital heart defects.;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present doctoral thesis was to investigate intellectual functioning and the influence of the children with congenital heart defects in their families. We analyzed how the severity of the heart defect, the child's age, and the socio-economic status of the child's family were related to the intellectual functioning of the children and to the impact on the family. READ MORE

4. 2. Living Conditions of People with Intellectual Disabilities : A Study of Health, Housing, Work, Leisure and Social Relations in a Swedish County Population

   Author : Õie Umb-Carlsson; Frits-Axel Wiesel; Karin Sonnander; Anders Möller; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability studies; intellectual disabilities; living conditions; health conditions; mortality; associated disabilities; gender; comparative study; proxy responding; Handikappforskning; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

   Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to describe mortality, health and living conditions in an administratively defined county population of people with intellectual disabilities born between 1959 and 1974 (N=213). The living conditions of persons with intellectual disabilities were compared with those of the general population. READ MORE

5. 3. Coastal signals of environmental changes: foraminifera as benthic monitors

   Author : Inda Brinkmann; Kvartärgeologi; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; benthic foraminifera; proxy calibration; trace element geochemistry; environmental DNA; deoxygenation; drought; coastal environments;

   Abstract : Climate changes, tightly linked to anthropogenic activities, are significantly altering environments and ecosystems globally, such as by increasing marine and coastal deoxygenation or occurrences of extreme weather events. The significance of paleoenvironmental and -climate reconstructions, as well as monitoring of current conditions, for unravelling baseline natural variation, today’s changes and potential future impacts, has been recognised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. READ MORE

6. 4. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

   Author : Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. READ MORE

7. 5. Empirical essays on financial markets, firms, and derivatives

   Author : Niclas Hagelin; Ingrid M. Werner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial markets; Stock markets; Future markets; Options; Derivates; Hedging; Derivathandel; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained studies. The first three investigate the impact of derivatives on the markets for the underlying assets, while the other two examine how and why firms use derivatives. A summary of each of the five studies follows. READ MORE