Sökning: "Sociological Demography"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sociological Demography.
1. Multigenerational Processes in Demography
Sammanfattning : Contemporary social science research has often focused on nuclear family relationships, and has largely neglected kinship and family outside the nuclear household. In this doctoral thesis I explore demographic issues from a multigenerational perspective, using Swedish register data and mathematical modeling. LÄS MER
2. Parents, Children and Childbearing
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis provides a set of studies of social influences on fertility timing. Swedish register data are used to link individuals to their parents and siblings, thereby allowing the study of impacts of family of origin, social background, and parental death on fertility. LÄS MER
3. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict
Sammanfattning : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. LÄS MER
4. The widowhood effect : Studies on mortality among Swedish widows and widowers
Sammanfattning : Spousal loss is a common experience associated with old age, and a major life-event that entails a period of intense suffering for most individuals. In addition to emotional shock and grief, the period after spousal loss is often characterized by vast changes in many areas of the surviving spouse’s life, from everyday habits to financial security. LÄS MER
5. Out-of-Home Care and Educational Outcomes : Prevalence, Patterns and Consequences
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine educational stratification in the context of out-of-home care (OHC; foster family care, residential care) and to place one of society’s most vulnerable groups in the fields of social stratification and family complexity research. About 5% of the Swedish population experience OHC during childhood or adolescence. LÄS MER