Sökning: "pre-migration characteristics"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden pre-migration characteristics.

  1. 1. Immigrant Careers - Why Country of Origin Matters

    Författare :Jonas Helgertz; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; income attainment; early-life; glass ceiling; occupational mobility; immigrants; labor market; Sweden; pre-migration characteristics; linguistic distance;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the labor market outcomes of a population of natives and immigrants in Sweden from 1968 and until 2001. Previous research has consistently pointed to the importance of an individual’s country of origin, without being able to fully explain why this is the case. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Turkar i Stockholm : En studie av invandrare, politik och samhälle

    Författare :Sahin Alpay; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The present study which is a product of the research project "Political Resocialization of Immigrants (PRI)" carried out at the Political Science Department of the Stockholm University is based primarily on interviews in 1976 with Turkish immigrants in the 18—67 age group domiciled in the Stockholm municipality. The questions this study addresses itself are: — Which pre-migration and migration characteristics of Turkish immigrants in Stockholm are of special importance with respect to their political resocialization? — What are the living conditions of Turks in Stockholm and what are their perceptions and subjective evaluations of these conditions? — In what ways and to what extent do Turks participate in politics in Sweden? — What are the consequences of Turkish immigrants' background characteristics, living conditions and subjective evaluations of these conditions for their political resocialization? The study consists of nine chapters. LÄS MER

  4. 3. War-wounded refugees : A prospective study of well-being and social integration

    Författare :Ann-Charlotte Hermansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a prospective study of a culturally heterogenous group of war-wounded refugees, who arrived in Sweden in the late 1980s. The general aim was to describe the situation of warwounded refugees from medical, psychological and social perspectives after arrival and aftertwo years in Sweden and, if possible, to identify factors of significance for their well-being and social integration. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Health, migration and quality of life among Kurdish immigrants in Sweden

    Författare :Marina Taloyan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Immigrants; Kurds; ethnicity; self-reported health; psychological distress; psychological well-being; coping strategies; quantitative; qualitative; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Although immigrants generally have poorer health and higher psychological distress than the native population, information on health, migration and quality of life among Kurdish immigrants is limited. Aims: Study I, to explore the association between (i) ethnicity and self-reported health (SRH) and (ii) complaints of psychological distress. LÄS MER