Sökning: "Female Literacy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Female Literacy.

  1. 1. Mötet med det skrivna ordet : Kvinnors läsande och skrivande under 1700-talet

    Författare :Christoffer Åhlman; Maria Ågren; Karin Sennefelt; Benny Jacobsson; Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literacy; Female Literacy; Women´s Literacy; Reading Ability; Writing Ability; Early Modern Literacy; Reading Culture; Writing Culture; Social Practice; Literacy Practice; Literacies; Sweden; Kvinnors läskunnighet; Kvinnors skrivkunnighet; Kvinnlig läskunnighet; Kvinnlig skrivkunnighet; Läskunnighet; Skrivkunnighet; Läsande; Skrivande; Tidigmodern läskunnighet; Tidigmodern skrivkunnighet; Läskultur; Skrivkultur; Social praktik; Läspraktik; Skrivpraktik; Sverige; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis study how women in 18th century Sweden used reading and writing and how these skills could be a source of income. Historians have studied how many could read during this period or how writing was taught in the parish school. How these skills were used have, however, been overlooked. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Understanding individual investors’ preferences and knowledge of sustainable investments

    Författare :Ida Ayu Agung Faradynawati; Ingalill Söderberg; Annina H. Persson; Misse Wester; Jeanette Carlsson Hauff; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :sustainable investments; risk-return preference; investment horizon; financial literacy; sustainability literacy; sustainable finance literacy; product literacy; information-seeking behavior; advice-seeking behavior; hållbara investeringar; risk-avkastningspreferenser; investeringshorisont; finanskunskap; hållbarhetskunskap; kunskap om hållbar ekonomi; informationssökande beteende; rådsökande beteende; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the field of sustainable investment by investigating individual investors’ preferences and knowledge level of sustainable investments. To achieve this objective, this thesis examined the impact of investment-related attitudes and demographic characteristics on sustainable investment choices through secondary data analysis and assessed investors’ knowledge level regarding sustainable investments through a survey. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Sagans förvandlingar: Eva Wigström som sagosamlare och sagoförfattare

    Författare :Maria Ehrenberg; Litteraturvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General and comparative literature; literacy.; orality; Eva Wigström; Bengt Holbek; Walter Ong; Gérard Genette; AT 502; AT 501; AT 500; AT 433b; ”The Wild Man”; ”King Lindorm”; ”The Three Old Women Helpers”; kunstmärchen; ”The Name of the Helper”; Fairy tale; folk tale; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to study how fairy tales can change when they are removed from one set of surroundings to another. This movement can occur on several levels; from an orally spoken to a written text, from a rural proletariat to an urban bourgeoisie. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Multiple perspectives on health promotion in individuals with knee pain

    Författare :Charlotte Sylwander; Ingrid Larsson; Emma Haglund; Maria Andersson; Ulf Jakobsson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Knee pain; chronic pain; health promotion; health prevention; health status; lifestyle habits; overweight; obesity; health literacy;

    Sammanfattning : Chronic musculoskeletal pain impacts the individual in multiple aspects of life (biological, psychological, and social). Individuals with knee pain have a higher risk of developingchronic widespread pain and knee osteoarthritis, compared to the general population, and the prevalence of chronic pain is estimated to rise. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Gender, Development and Political Economy

    Författare :Divya Dev; Torsten Persson; Ingvild Almås; Sascha Becker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reservation in India; missionary activity; expatriate voter participation; Chilean presidential election; Tanzanian public sector; representation of women; female labour-force participation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : The Long-Run Impact of Protestant Missionary Activity on Female Labour-Force ParticipationResearch has shown that missionary activity, in general, and Protestant missionary activity, in particular, has had a long-lasting positive effect on literacy, education and democratic values. In this chapter, I analyse the differential effect of early 20th century Protestant and Catholic missionary activity in three former British colonies - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda - on female labour-force participation with a particular focus on formal-sector employment. LÄS MER