Sökning: "Old age social inequalities"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden Old age social inequalities.
1. A Divided Old Age through Research on Digital Technologies
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims at contributing to the understanding of digital inequalities among older people, by studying the involvement of older people in research on digital technologies. Some mechanisms driving old age digital inequalities are well known. LÄS MER
2. Spaces of (non)ageing : A discoursive study of inequalities we live by
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines processes and practices that make certain social categories real in people’s lives. One of these categories is old age and old people. In contemporary societies that are inundated by images of youth, old age is under attack. LÄS MER
3. Blood on the tracks : Life-course perspectives on health inequalities in later life
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to explore social inequalities in: a) mortality during mid-life, b) health in later life, and c) old-age mortality, from a life-course perspective. The studies are based on longitudinal Swedish survey and registry data. LÄS MER
4. Inequalities and Age-Related Disadvantages in Late Working Life and Labour Market Exit in Sweden
Sammanfattning : The participation of older individuals in the labour market has increased as a result of recent demographic and societal shifts, as well as reforms of pension and social security systems. However, employment inequalities in late working life and labour market exit persist. LÄS MER
5. Health for community dwelling older people : trends, inequalities, needs and care in rural Vietnam
Sammanfattning : Background InVietnam, the proportion of people aged 60 and above has increased rapidly in recent decades. The majority live in rural areas where socioeconomic status is more disadvantaged than in urban areas.Vietnam’s economic status is improving but disparities in income and living conditions are widening between groups and regions. LÄS MER