Sökning: "social differences in mortality"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 25 uppsatser innehållade orden social differences in mortality.

1. 21. Alcoholics and workaholics

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Ferenc Ajus; [2010]
   Nyckelord :unemployment; psychosocial stress; sex mortality differences; gender; mortality; crisis; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : From the recent mortality trends in Central and Eastern Europe, it is clear that in the former socialist countries the economic transition had a different effect on male and female mortality: premature death became much more frequent among males, and the gender mortality gap increased as a result. The psycho-social stress hypothesis (Cornia and Paniccia, 2001) explains the Eastern European experience, suggesting that an increase in the gender gap may be a sign of economic and social crisis, as male mortality sometimes reacts to economic uncertainties more strongly. LÄS MER

3. 22. Fertility, Modernization, Religion and Land Availability in Transylvania, 1900-1910

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Ferenc Ajus; [2009]
   Nyckelord :fertility; religion; birth rate; Transylvania; fertility transition; modernisation; demand for children; secularisation; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : The period of 1880-1910 was a time of fast modernization and industrialization in Transylvania. Fertility decline only started in the South, while in the North there was a marked fertility increase. This paper attempts to explain these differences, using a cross-sectional analysis of fertility for 4112 Transylvanian settlements. LÄS MER

4. 23. Oönskade Döttrar - Traditionella mönster i ett modernt samhälle

   L2-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Kristina Linde; [2009]
   Nyckelord :Selektiv abort; Spädbarnsmord; Tradition; Könsdiskriminering; Sex ratio; Female feoticide; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Due to traditional beliefs about biological differences between the sexes, the sex ratio is abnormally uneven in northern parts of India. There is a combination of old methods like female infanticide and new technologies, which make selective abortion possible. LÄS MER

5. 24. Självmord - acceptabelt eller förkastligt? : En studie av attityder till självmord i Moskva.

   Magister-uppsats, Institutionen för sociologi, idéhistoria, samtidshistoria och arkeologi

   Författare :Tanya Jukkala; [2007]
   Nyckelord :suicide; suicide attitudes; Russia; självmord; självmordsattityder; Ryssland;

   Sammanfattning : Suicide research has a long tradition within sociology. Parallel to the Durkheimian tradition, seeking the causes of suicide in societal factors, a more cultural understanding of suicide has been emphasized. Attitudes to suicide have been stressed as important for the understanding of suicide mortality levels in different societies. LÄS MER

7. 25. Livets sköra tråd : Dop och fadderskap i Bottnaryd och Ulricehamn 1781 - 1783

   Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Författare :Ragnar Edström; [2005]
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   Sammanfattning : “Life on a delicate thread” Baptism and godparenting in Bottnaryd and Ulricehamn 1781-1783 The aim of this study is to discover if there were differences between the baptism traditions maintained in a typical rural parish and in an urban town parish in the period 1781-1783 and to suggest possible reasons for any differences found. Baptism records from rural Bottnaryd parish and the town of Ulricehamn were studied and compared. LÄS MER