Essays about: "female status"

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  1. 1. Social Gradients in Subjective Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; SWB; COVID-19; pandemic; Sweden; social gradients; foreign-born; health inequalities; resources;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments around the globe to employ various measures, such as social distancing and quarantine, to prevent its spread. The pandemic contributed to drastic changes in everyday life, through economic shocks, fear of the virus, morbidity, and mortality. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Programming, Communication, and Equality on Contraceptive Uptake

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christie Basson; [2023]
    Keywords : Demography; contraceptives; family planning; fertility; sub-Saharan Africa; Uganda; Kenya; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper aims to better understand how contraceptive uptake is influenced by both individual and environmental factors, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa, by comparing Uganda and Kenya as examples of different policy environments. Implementing a literature review and statistical regression, this paper analyses how various factors (including indicators of gender equality, family planning exposure, and socioeconomic and -demographic status) influence differences in female and male use of family planning methods. READ MORE

  4. 3. Female Characters’ Images in Chinese Otome Game and Woman Stereotype

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Dongna Chen; [2023]
    Keywords : otome games; gender; women stereotypes; character design; user experience;

    Abstract : Otome game is a role-playing game targeted to female players, with immersive romance as the main game experience. Female players assume the role of a female character and engage in the romantic relationships with different outstanding male characters. READ MORE

  5. 4. Among Landladies and Brewery Operations : - Women's Participation on the 18th Century Housing Market in Stockholm

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Emelie Carlsson; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates women’s participation on the 18th century housing market in Stockholm. General and independent participation, including the distribution of marital status among female buyers and sellers are investigated for four years (1725, 1745, 1765 and 1785). Original hand-written sources, circa 700 of them, have been examined. READ MORE

  6. 5. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE