Sökning: "demographic patterns"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 149 avhandlingar innehållade orden demographic patterns.

  1. 1. Hållbar utveckling, samhällsstruktur och kommunal identitet : En jämförelse mellan Västervik och Varberg

    Författare :Erika Blücher; Sociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interviews; underlying factors; sociology; social capital; identity; societal structure; sustainable development; migration; social sustainability; demographic patterns; Demography; Social economics; migration; Demografi; Social ekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Many of Sweden’s municipal districts show a population decline as well as an uneven population distribution. This pattern is neither desirable nor socially sustainable. Sustainable development is a well-known term often discussed from an ecological perspective. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Counted - and then? : trends in child mortality within an Ethiopian demographic surveillance site

    Författare :Anders Emmelin; Stig Wall; Peter Byass; Tord Kjellström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; child mortality; developing countries; demographic surveillance; equity; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Sammanfattning : Background Knowledge of the state of health of a population is necessary for planning for health services for that population. It is  a paradox that the health of populations is most commonly measured by mortality and cause of death patterns, but the absence of medical services available to a majority of the world population has made it unavoidable to equate “state of health” with “cause of death pattern”. LÄS MER

  4. 3. From the migrations of herders and farmers to the colonial era and the modern-day : Genetic inferences on African demographic history

    Författare :Rickard Hammarén; Mattias Jakobsson; Carina Schlebusch; Torsten Günther; Luca Pagani; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; admixture; African demography; human evolutionary genetics; population structure; sex-biased admixture; Africa; population genetics; Biology with Specialisation in Human Evolution and Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot människans evolution och genetik;

    Sammanfattning : Africa is the birthplace of the human species and home to great linguistic, cultural, and genetic diversity. Despite this, the genetics of the peoples of the continent remains understudied. In this thesis, I apply population genetic approaches, to contribute to the knowledge of human demographic history in Africa. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Novation i norr : nya dopnamn och namngivningsmönster i Skelleftebygden 1791-1890

    Författare :Linnea Gustafsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages; Swedish language; onomastics; socio-onomastics; name giving; name categories; personal names; first names; innovation and diffusion; demographic material; social taste;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine and elucidate the introduction of new first names and the patterns of name giving from a social perspective based on material from baptismal registers. The region I have chosen to examine is Skellefteå and its surroundings 1791-1890. LÄS MER

  7. 5. End-of-life care in a Swedish county : patterns of demographic and social conditions, clinical problems and health care use

    Författare :Eva Jakobsson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; End-of-life; end-of-life care; demographics; social conditions; health care utilization; places of death; clinical problems; turning point; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap; end-of-life; end-of-life care; demographics; social conditions; health care utlization; places of death; clinical problems; turning point;

    Sammanfattning : There is broad consensus in both international and national policy statements that care provided at end-of-life should be different from care provided during other periods of life. There is a need for comprehensive knowledge about the broad population of individuals who access the public health care system during the last period of life. LÄS MER