Sökning: "the social gradient"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 51 avhandlingar innehållade orden the social gradient.
1. Social inequity in health : Explanation from a life course and gender perspective
Sammanfattning : Background: A boy child born in a Gothenburg suburb has a life expectancy that is nine years shorter than that of another child just 23 km away, and among girls the difference is five years. There is no necessary biological reason to this observed difference. LÄS MER
2. Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes : linking farmers and agri-environmental measures to farmland birds
Sammanfattning : Agricultural industrialization alters rural landscapes in Europe, causing large-scale and rapid loss of important biodiversity. The principal instruments to protect farmland biodiversity are various agri-environmental measures (AEMs) in the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). LÄS MER
3. From the cradle to the grave - in sickness and in health? : The welfare state and health outcomes
Sammanfattning : Sickness, whether manifested through actual sickness or through fear of sickness, is a part of human life. Sickness cash benefits was one of the earliest social security programs implemented in modern welfare states. Previous research on how sickness benefits are associated with health outcomes has emphasized the significance of income. LÄS MER
4. Understanding the Educational Gradient in Mortality
Sammanfattning : There is a positive association between education and longevity. Individuals with a university degree tend to live longer than high school graduates who, in turn, live longer than those with compulsory education. LÄS MER
5. Shaping urban environments through human selection for plant traits
Sammanfattning : Cities, as home to the majority of the world’s people, are significant sites for addressing challenges of achieving sustainability and securing human wellbeing. Urban environments are complex social-ecological systems, and meeting these challenges requires better understandings of the interactions of social and ecological elements. LÄS MER