Sökning: "age barriers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 121 avhandlingar innehållade orden age barriers.

1. 1. Ålder och arbete : Föreställningar om ålderns betydelse för medelålders tjänstemän

   Författare :Ingrid Johansson; Siv Their; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Age; ageism; age barriers; age discrimination; attitudes toward work; competence; employee; job advertisement; leadership; middle-aged; recruitment; unemployed; work; Education; Pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation addresses conceptions and experiences of the significance of being middle-aged in working life. Its main goal has been the identification and increased understanding of various aspects of the significance of age.The main study is based on interviews with 24 people, 12 men and 12 women, aged 45-54 years. LÄS MER

3. 2. Toward an understanding of the barriers to and facilitators of dietary change

   Författare :Petra Rydén; Linda Hagfors; Ylva Mattsson Sydner; Lars Lindholm; Christina Bergh; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Dietary change; Healthy eating; Barriers; Facilitators; Dietary indexes; Diet cost; Food prices; Social relationships; Qualitative interviews; Mediterranean diet; Celiac disease; Children; Domestic science and nutrition; Hushålls- och kostvetenskap; Kostvetenskap; Food and Nutrition;

   Sammanfattning : Healthy dietary changes would be beneficial for society, as the economic burden of diet-related diseases is massive, and for the individual, who would reduce their risk of ill health. However, it is not easy to change dietary habits. LÄS MER

4. 3. Unga människor med rörelsehinder : förankring, marginalisering och social exkludering

   Författare :Munir Dag; Christian Kullberg; Lars Oscarsson; Rafael Lindqvist; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability; physical disability; barriers; work; social support; social relations.; Social work; Socialt arbete; Social Work; Socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis was to describe the specific barriers young people with disabilities experience in their ambition to get a job. The aim was also to investigate how these young people’s social and economic situation has been affected by their disability. LÄS MER

5. 4. Socially stable alcoholics: What characterises them? Drinking patterns, personality and health aspects of psychosocial and clinical importance

   Författare :Kristina Berglund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; age; alcoholics; clinical characteristics; social stability; demography; gender; health functioning; personality; serotonin; substance use;

   Sammanfattning : People who misuse alcohol are a heterogeneous group with different etiology, social and clinical characteristics. This thesis includes four studies whose aim was to characterise so called socially stable alcoholics (i.e. individuals with preserved psychosocial functioning) regarding personality, physical and mental health and drinking patterns. LÄS MER

7. 5. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden

   Författare :Yannu Zheng; CIRCLE; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-generation immigrants; Migration policy; Occupation; Education; Region of origin; Age; Sector; Selection; Human capital; Adults; Children; Patent; Inventors; Second-generation immigrants;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. LÄS MER