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  1. 1. A Hidden Voting Gap? : How the Interaction Between Income and Depression Affects Voting

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Danielsson; [2024]
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    Abstract : Depression has only in recent years been explored within political science, despite its deeply political causes and consequences. Previous research has found significantly lower political participation among people with depression and has especially focused on its negative effect on voting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Menstrual rights are human rights - a qualitative study about period poverty among homeless Roma in Stockholm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Britta Dohmen; Britta Dohmen; [2023-11-03]
    Keywords : period poverty; menstruation; vulnerable EU citizens; Roma; Stockholm; feminism;

    Abstract : In the past decade, period poverty has gained more attention in international research. However, in Sweden the issue is still neglected which results in a complete absence of scientific research. Period poverty is not exclusively a phenomenon in low-income countries but is present around the globe. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Perception of Socio-Demographic Risk Factors in Residential Fires

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Emilia Wretman; Rebecca Wigervall; [2023]
    Keywords : Socio-demographic factors; social; factors; residential; fatal fires; inequality; perception; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In this thesis, it is investigated how the general public and fire safety experts perceive the fire fatality risk of different socio-demographic factors in residential settings. Their perceptions were compared with how the socio-demographic factors correlate with the risk of fatal fires in residents in reality. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘We do what we can with what we have’ - The daily life of people with disabilities and the long and complicated road to improve it in Pando Bolivia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Cecilie Kyed Reese Andersen; [2023]
    Keywords : disability; poverty; family; intersectionality; mobilizing; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the search for grasping how the everyday life experience for people with a disability is shaped in relation to the local social and political complexities in Cobija/Pando four themes are crucial to understand. Firstly, illustrating how the rhetorical definition of disability removes the wrongfulness or responsibility from the shoulders of the individual to an exclusive social environment. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do sludges on neo brokers increase trading frequency? Exploring the moderating effect of financial literacy on sludges

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Paulina Grittner; Marie-Line Paul; [2023]
    Keywords : Nudges; Sludges; Choice architecture; Neo brokers; Financial literacy;

    Abstract : The choice architecture of neo brokers has been subject to criticism due to potentially harmful effects on investors. Interdisciplinary research has identified design features on neo brokers that may cause increased risk-taking and overly frequent trading. READ MORE