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1. 1. Vi dansar inte på bordet : Lesbiska invandrarkvinnor i Sverige: stigmatisering & stolthet

   Författare :Dina Avrahami; Charles Westin; Aleksandra Ålund; Gunilla Bjerén; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lesbian women; homosexuality; gay; migration; immigrants; lesbian community; gay community; Lesbiska kvinnor; homosexualitet; gay; migration; invandrare; det lesbiska samhället; gaysamhället; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi;

   Sammanfattning : Denna forskning genomfördes under åren 2000–2004. Forskningssammanhanget är både Lesbiska studier och IMER forskning. I avhandlingen studeras livserfarenheter som 21 lesbiska informanter från 15 olika länder, alla invandrare i Sverige, berättar om. Utgångspunkten för forskningen är sexualitet och migration. LÄS MER

3. 2. Diet and Metabolic Risk Factors in Immigrant Women from the Middle East and Swedish-Born Women : A Cross-Sectional Study of Women from Iran, Turkey and Sweden

   Författare :Achraf Daryani; Bengt Vessby; Brita karlström; Per Wändell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Caring sciences; cardiovascular factors; metabolic risk factors; immigrants; Iranian; Turkish; Swedish; Middle East; dietary intake; underreporting; dietary fat; fat sources; antioxidant intake; oxidative stress; inflammation; C-reactive protein; isoprostanes; Vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The increasing number of immigrants in Sweden during the past decades has brought the health of different ethnic groups into focus. Many groups of immigrants in Sweden have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) than a Swedish reference group. LÄS MER

4. 3. Essays on Immigrants' Economic Integration

   Författare :Kerem Tezic; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second-generation immigrants; educational attainments; early labour-market experiences; competing-risks; graduate employment; calibration; first-generation immigrants; sample-selection in panel data; random effects.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject or methods used. The first paper is concerned with second-generation immigrants' educational attainments, using the Longitudinal Individual Data-set (LINDA), which gave us the possibility to examine changes over time, from ages 16-17 to 21-22 and to compare second-generation immigrants with a randomly-chosen matched control-group of native Swedes. LÄS MER

5. 4. Essays on Immigrants and Institutional Change in Sweden

   Författare :Mikael Ohlson; Mårten Palme; Per Lundborg; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; retirement; disability; self-selection; immigrants; wage inequalities; wage discrimination; product market deregulation; competition; naturalization; citizenship; ; economic impact; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays about immigrants’ experiences in Sweden. They all focus on the interaction between institutional settings and effects on immigrants’ economic conditions. LÄS MER

7. 5. Fertility Behavior and Preferences Among Immigrants and Children of Immigrants in Sweden

   Författare :Erik Carlsson; Eleonora Mussino; Livia Olah; Michaela Kreyenfeld; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children of immigrants; descendants of immigrants; ethnic; religion; fertility intentions; realization of fertility intentions; ideal number of children; Generations and Gender Survey; register data; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Sammanfattning : Similar to other Western European countries, immigrants and children of immigrants constitute growing segments of the Swedish population. Analyzing fertility patterns among immigrants and their children is important because (1) understanding potential heterogeneity in fertility preferences and behavior among population subgroups improves the understanding of fertility trends for the overall population, (2) fertility patterns can serve as an indicator of immigrants’ integration into the destination society, and (3) research can contribute with facts and nuanced perspectives to the emotionally charged political debate on immigrant and minority fertility. LÄS MER