Essays about: "childhood socioeconomic status"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words childhood socioeconomic status.

  1. 1. Socioeconomic inequalities in health and the effect of social relationships : A mediation analysis on Swedish adolescents

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Melinda Asplund; [2022]
    Keywords : Socioeconomic status; SES; health; self-rated health; social relationships; social networks; Swedish adolescents; children; mediation analysis; HBSC;

    Abstract : Opportunities to be and remain healthy are unequally distributed across socioeconomic groups and emerge and widen throughout childhood and adolescence. This thesis seeks to answer if social relationships are one of the mechanisms that operate in the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health among Swedish adolescents, using the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey round 2009/10. READ MORE

  3. 2. Socioeconomic determinants and childhood obesity in Egypt: A secondary analysis of Egypt Demographic Health Survey, 2014

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa

    Author : Eldine Hamza Hjij Zyad; [2022]
    Keywords : BMI; Egypt; Childhood Obesity; Logistic; Obesity; Maternal Employment; Maternal Education; EDHS;

    Abstract : Background: Childhood obesity has posed serious public health challenge in the 21st century since it affects child physical and emotional health. The rate of childhood obesity is dramatically rising in low- and middle-income countries where Egypt is one of those countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Functional outcome for older adults with movement disabilities : A cross-sectional study

    University essay from Jönköping University/HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi

    Author : Nynne Olsen; [2021]
    Keywords : Cohort; childhood socioeconomic status; gender; rural urban; The Swedish Adoption Twin Study of Aging;

    Abstract : Background:  Previous research have found that different factors have associations with the level of function. Only few studies investigate the population of older adults with movement disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 4. The First Child-Generation on the Internet : A Qualitative Study on Childhood Experiences of Internet Use in the Early 2000s

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Rebecca Silva Da Cruz Tiderman; Sara Uusimäki; [2021]
    Keywords : Children; Internet use; Group affiliation; Social interaction; Focus groups; Social media; Internet; Barn; Internetanvändning; Barns internetanvändning; Grupptillhörighet; Social interaktion; Fokusgrupp; Sociala medier; Internet;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to explore internet use among individuals that were children at the beginning of the 2000s. We wanted to understand what being one of the first children on the internet meant to them, what type of platforms they used, how they used them and in relation to whom. READ MORE

  6. 5. HERITABILITY FOR SOCIAL TRUST ACROSS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS: : Is There a Gene-Environment Interaction?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matias Piqueras; [2019]
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    Abstract : In political science literature, the development of social trust is often explained in terms of the influence of different environmental factors, socioeconomic status (SES) being one of the most important. Yet, even though there is empirical support of a genetic component in the expression of social trust, less is known about its interaction with environmental factors. READ MORE