Essays about: "Life-course"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the word Life-course.

  1. 1. Childhood family structure in 16 European countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2024]
    Keywords : child outcomes; Europe; comparative; divorce; stepfamily; sequence analysis;

    Abstract : At the end of the 20th century we saw great changes in family dynamics with rates ofseparation and re-partnerning increasing across Europe. Previous research has primarilyfocused on adults but less is known about how these family demographic changes haveaffected children's family structure. READ MORE

  3. 2. Childhood household composition and future economic outcomes : Are children of single parent families experiencing growing disadvantages as adults in Sweden?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Mikaelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Childhood household composition; Single parent households; Cumulative disadvantages; Socioeconomic background; Education; Family Sociology; Social stratification; Generations and Gender Survey GGS ;

    Abstract : Family is a unit of socialization and transmitter of social, cultural and economic resources. Thus family arrangements may result in unequal future outcomes for the children growing up in them. A case in point is children from single parent households. READ MORE

  4. 3. Water, Sanitation, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Mali: A Study of Early Neonatal Mortality and Low Birth Weight

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Bettina-Sophie Heinz; [2023]
    Keywords : water; sanitation; WASH; adverse pregnancy outcomes; low birth weight; early neonatal mortality; Mali; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the link between the water and sanitation environment mothers are exposed to during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mali, specifically early neonatal mortality and low birth weight. The motivation and contribution for this analysis is that little research has been done on this topic, specifically in the Sub-Saharan African region and with the combination of those two outcome variables. READ MORE

  5. 4. A glance at everyday life of New Elder Group in China: A case study of Xiamen, China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jianmei Zhou; [2023]
    Keywords : everyday life; diversity of older people; New Elder Group; LaoPiaoZu; time-geographic approach; life course theory; Xiamen; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis targeted a new group in the transitioning Chinese society---the New Elder Group (NEG) --- at the private level, focusing on their everyday life. NEG refers to retired people who are relatively young (55-80), financially independent, and in good health. Their primary desires in everyday life is to “live a good every day”. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Always been an Alien” - A qualitative study on how multilingual young adults experience and navigate identity and belonging in Skopje, North Macedonia.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Milan Wall Kovacevski; [2022-12-12]
    Keywords : Ethnicity; Social Work; Identity; Belonging; Multilingual; Young Adults; North Macedonia;

    Abstract : This study offers empirical arguments for how multilingual young adults navigate and experience identity and belonging in Skopje. A city reported to be, one of the most multicultural cities in South-East Europe, where ethnic exclusion and interethnic segregation is outmost present (Veron, 2016:1448; Stojanov, 2020:74). READ MORE