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Knitting alone – in the city – ageing and kinship availability as a vulnerability marker
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-06-26)A basic premise underlying this article is that the social surroundings of individuals as they gradually age are not homogeneous and have influence on their well-being. Furthermore, if significant variation on the social ... -
The Development of loneliness through adolescence and young adulthood: Its nature, correlates, and midlife outcomes
(American Psychological Association, 2020)Adolescence and young adulthood are characterized by substantial sociodemographic, family, social, and personality changes that may influence loneliness. Although loneliness is a public health challenge, we know little ... -
Smittevern blant Oslo-ungdom under covid-19-pandemien
(Den norske legeforening, 2020-06-16)Bakgrunn: Effektivt smittevern er avgjørende for å bekjempe covid-19-pandemien. Vi undersøkte om Oslo-ungdom rapporterte å overholde smittevernreglene under pandemien og om oppslutning om reglene var relatert til ... -
Deling av pensjonsrettigheter mellom ektefeller. Hva sier opinionen?
(2020-08-24)I Norge, som i mange andre land, får kvinner gjennomgående vesentlig lavere pensjon enn menn. Det norske pensjonssystemet har flere elementer som bidrar til å redusere dette kjønnsgapet, som omsorgsopptjening blant ... -
Conceptualizing Well-being in Youth: The Potential of Youth Clubs
(SAGE Publications, 2020-07-12)This study identifies key mechanisms in youth clubs for fostering well-being among vulnerable youths. We develop a framework to conceptualise prerequisites of well-being in youth, namely having a safe place to be, ... -
Kva er arbeid – eigentleg? Cato Wadel og Sysselsettingsutvalet
(Universitetsforlaget, 2020-02-04)I 1977 blei «Hva er arbeid? Noen refleksjoner om arbeid som aktivitet og begrep» publisert i volum 18 av Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. Artikkelen er ført i pennen av sosialantropologen Cato Wadel (f. 1936), og det er ... -
Deltakelse på arbeidsmarkedstiltak – hjelp til selvhjelp? Helserelatert ulikhet i sysselsetting blant langtidsmottakere av økonomisk sosialhjelp
(Universitetsforlaget, 2020-05-04)I denne artikkelen følger vi en kohort langtidsmottakere av økonomisk sosialhjelp fra 2004 til 2013, og studerer hvordan deltakelsen på arbeidsmarkedstiltak og overgangen til arbeid påvirkes av helseproblemer. Ved hjelp ... -
Disentangling the dynamics of social assistance: A linked survey—Register data cohort study of long-term social assistance recipients in Norway
(Public Library of Science, 2020-03-27)Social assistance is a means-tested benefit that is supposed to be a short-term, temporary economic support. Understanding why some individuals are in repeated or continuous need of social assistance is thus of obvious ... -
Ethics of relational and representational disclosures in qualitative migration research
(Emerald, 2020-06-25)This article engages with the framework of performativity to unpack ethical challenges of interviewing migrants in the setting of shared ethnic background of researchers and participants. From a temporal perspective of ... -
The Norwegian Petroleum Fund: Savings for Future Generations?
(The White Horse Press, 2020-05-29)The Norwegian state-owned Petroleum Fund’s market value is more than one trillion US dollars. The Norwegian state has become one of the world’s largest stockowners. The Fund was established in 1990 and in 2006 it was ... -
Brukermedvirkning i norsk eldreomsorg – følger kommunene opp statens styringssignaler?
(Universitetsforlaget, 2020-06-04)Bakgrunn: Omsorg 2020 er regjeringens plan for omsorgsfeltet (2015–2020). I planen formuleres blant annet målsettinger knyttet til bo- og tjenesteformer, brukermedvirkning, velferdsteknologi og kompetanse. Artikkelen er ... -
Life-Course Circumstances and Frailty in Old Age Within Different European Welfare Regimes: A Longitudinal Study With SHARE
(Oxford University Press, 2019-10-30)Objectives: This study aimed to assess whether cumulative disadvantage in childhood misfortune and adult-life socioeconomic conditions influence the risk of frailty in old age and whether welfare regimes influence these ... -
An “Army of Volunteers”? Engagement, Motivation, and Barriers to Volunteering among the Baby Boomers
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-05-04)Aging baby boomers are expected to provide a large reservoir for the nonprofit sector. We find evidence which while broadly supportive of this idea also suggest limitations as to what can realistically be expected. Using ... -
The Impact of Informal Caregiving on Labour Supply Before and After a Parent’s Death
(Springer, 2020-04-30)Most European countries are facing an ageing population, which points to a need for having as many people as possible of employable age working full time. The growing number of older people increases the pressure on health ... -
Do welfare regimes moderate cumulative dis/advantages over the life course? Cross-National evidence from longitudinal SHARE Data
(Oxford University Press, 2020-03-24)Objectives: This study aimed to examine the cumulative disadvantage of different forms of childhood misfortune and adultlife socioeconomic conditions (SEC) with regard to trajectories and levels of self-rated health in old ... -
The role of subjective age in sustaining wellbeing and health in the second half of life.
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-04-15)Subjective age (SA) is a core indicator of the individual ageing experience, with important consequences for successful ageing. The aim of the current study was to investigate the directions of the longitudinal associations ... -
The ‘psychological turn’ in self-help services for sexual abuse victims: Driversand dilemmas
(Sage Publications, 2020-04-20)This article describes an ongoing process of transformation in sexual abuse counselling centres in Norway that involves a new classification of groups of victims. These centres have traditionally operated at the grassroots ... -
A nordic research agenda on rape and sexual violence
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Samarbeid i saker om vold og overgrep: Mot en hybridisering av hjelpetjenestene?
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019-10-11)Temaet for artikkelen er tverretatlig samarbeid i «voldsfeltet», blant tjenester med spesifikke oppgaver knyttet til det å bekjempe og håndtere vold i nære relasjoner. I nyere styringsdokumenter fremheves behovet for både ... -
"Å holde hverdagslivet sammen». Hjem, familie og tilhørighet blant etterkommere av innvandrere fra India og Pakistan
(Universitetsforlaget, 2020)Med utgangspunkt i Gullestads analyser av hjem, hverdagsliv og de store samfunnstransformasjoner fra 1970-tallet og fremover, diskuterer denne artikkelen forståelser og praksiser knyttet til hjem, familie og hverdagsliv i ...