Essays about: "life-course"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 50 essays containing the word life-course.

1. 21. HEALTH DISPARITIES OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE IN COMBINATION WITH INCARCERATION

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Anna Maria Lami; [2018]
   Keywords : crime; disparities; health outcome; incarceration; life-course perspective; social determinants;

   Abstract : Poverty it is said to have harsh outcomes on one's antisocial or even delinquent behavior. Other factors as well lead an individual to antisocial behavior those are the environment that they are living, and their genes that have passed from one generation to the other one. READ MORE

3. 22. Multidimensional Intergenerational Inequality: Resource and Gender Specificity : Intergenerational transmission of inequality in education, social class, and income attainment using a sibling correlations approach

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Max Thaning; [2018]
   Keywords : Socioeconomic background; social background; social origin; education; social class; income; sibling correlations; resource specificity; gender specificity; intergenerational transmission of inequality; multidimensional inequality.;

   Abstract : This study focuses on intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic resources in multiple dimensions and decomposes the influence of parents’ education, social class, and income in relation to the same outcomes for children as well as the unique impact of mothers and fathers on sons and daughters. In order to minimize measurement error in parental characteristics and life course bias for children, high quality Swedish administrative register data (spanning over 40 years) is utilized. READ MORE

4. 23. The mental wellbeing of parents and the childless in a European context: The case of France and Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Ellen Ellfolk Kenttä; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : A growing number of individuals in Europe and other developed regions of the world are remaining childless throughout their life course. These individuals will lack major social and caring components relative to parents and likely have other needs and issues as they age and as the proportion of childless continues to grow. READ MORE

5. 24. A Life-course Perspective on Retirement Trajectories of Colombia’s Older Workers. The roles of family composition and work-related characteristics in explaining retirement from a gender perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : María Cristina Aguirre Valverde; [2018]
   Keywords : Colombia; retirement; population ageing; informality; fertility; demographic transition.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of family composition and work-related characteristics on retirement and to identify to what extent these factors explain the differences in retirement rates between men and women. This study is conducted under a life-course perspective framework and uses a logistic regression and a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis as methodological approaches. READ MORE

6. 25. The social media paradox

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Paulina Haux; Elisabet Lund; [2018]
   Keywords : Social media; Influencers; Conspicuous Consumption; Quality of Life; Consumer Behavior; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Title The social media paradox How social media and influencers affect consumers’ perception of quality of life Course Code BUSN39 Global Marketing Authors Elisabet Lund & Paulina Haux Supervisor Peter Svensson Keywords Social media, Influencers, Conspicuous Consumption, Quality of Life and Consumer Behavior Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how consumers perceive the consumption of influencers and social media and how it affects their QOL. Methodology The research has a phenomenology approach where the focus lies on consumers’ different explanations of different subjective experiences. READ MORE