Sökning: "ethnic status"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 97 avhandlingar innehållade orden ethnic status.

1. 21. Novel immunization strategies and interethnic differences in response to malaria infection

   Författare :Charles Arama; Marita Troye-Blomberg; Kai Matuschewski; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Malaria; Immunization; Ethnic groups; vaccines; immunologi; Immunology;

   Sammanfattning : A better understanding of the role of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in host resistance to malaria is essential to unravel the complex interactions between the host and the parasite. This would improve the design of malaria vaccines. LÄS MER

3. 22. Inequality in Educational Outcomes : How Aspirations, Performance, and Choice Shape School Careers in Sweden

   Författare :Frida Rudolphi; Jan O. Jonsson; Michael Gähler; Anthony Heath; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; achievement; aspirations; attainment; educational choice; ethnic inequality; performance; social origin; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines different aspects of educational inequalities, drawing on the notion that inequality in educational attainment depends on two separate mechanisms: that children from advantaged social backgrounds perform better at school (primary effects) and tend more than others to choose to continue in education given performance (secondary effects). Study I shows that the long-term decrease in social class inequality in the transition from compulsory to academic upper secondary education since the middle of the mid-20th century up to the late 1990s, seems to be related to both declining primary and secondary effects. LÄS MER

4. 23. Friendship Dynamics among Adolescents

   Författare :Sara Roman; Jens Rydgren; Love Bohman; Filiz Garip; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social network dynamics; friendship; adolescent; immigration; ethnic background; religiosity; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : The study of social networks has become well established in social science. As part of this development, the past several decades have seen an increasing interest in adolescent social relations. LÄS MER

5. 24. It Breaks a Man's Heart - Socioeconomic Differences in the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease in Contemporary Sweden

   Författare :Tina Hannemann; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cardiovascular disease; socioeconomic status; occupational stress; income attainment; occupational class; immigration; intermarriage; indirect impact pathways;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status and the onset of cardiovascular disease in a contemporary population of natives and foreign-born individuals in Sweden. The complexity of individual socioeconomic characteristics and the interrelationship with other cardiovascular risk factors is the focus of the studies in this thesis. LÄS MER

7. 25. Socioekonomiska aspekter av diabetes och kardiovaskulär sjukdom

   Författare :Araz Rawshani; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; diabetes; cardiovascular disease; socioeconomic status; ethnicity; riskfactor;

   Sammanfattning : Four hundred million people in the world have diabetes. The incidence of type 1 diabetes has increased steadily in the last few decades and it is now the second most common chronic disease of childhood. Type 2 diabetes develops in adults and older individuals with unhealthy dietary patterns, overweight and sedentary habits. LÄS MER