Essays about: "individual single parents"
Found 5 essays containing the words individual single parents.
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1. Involuntary Immobility and American Families
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The aim of this research is to gain an in-depth understanding of involuntary immobility as it applies to American parents that aspire to migrate to Global North countries. It explores their reasons for desiring to emigrate, the obstacles rendering them involuntarily immobile, and examines how current research methods, models, and theories can be applied to these families. READ MORE
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2. Investigating differences in the decay of divorce-induced residential mobility across gender and urbanisation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Divorce is a life course event that triggers deviant, negative residential moves that symbolises the antithesis of climbing the traditional housing ladder, and sets individuals on an altered housing trajectory, typically associated with long-term instability compared to married counterparts. Studies have revealed that long-term instability associated with divorce is commonly connected to an increased probability of moving out of owner occupation that is greater and persists longer for women than men. READ MORE
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3. Creating Social Good through Debts: Critical Discourse Analysis of Borrower Representations at Kiva
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Kiva is an international non-governmental organization that competes for funds with others in the field. As a consequence, some special relationships and dependencies are formed. This paper argues that among the most significant ones are the representations of borrowers on Kiva’s online lending platform. READ MORE
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4. Externalising and internalising problems in adolescents of different family structures : The roles of perceived support from parents and teachers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskapAbstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine the association between family structures and adolescents' externalising and internalising problems. This study also explored if adolescents' perceived parental support and teacher support might differ across different type of family structures. READ MORE
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5. Socio-economic factors impacting fertility preferences and fertility behaviours in Shanghai
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the current factors affecting fertility preference and fertility behaviour in Shanghai among the first single-child generation who are now entering into their childbearing years. In order to gain a more clear understanding of fertility preference and fertility behaviour in Shanghai the following areas were explored in an attempt to discover the institutional/policy variables and the socio-economic variables that are impacting fertility preference and fertility behaviour: the number of children preferred by the participants, the actual number of children had or planned to have by the participants, the age or time of having a first child, the factors affecting a participant’s fertility preference and fertility behaviour, and the desired future direction of the family planning policy. READ MORE
