SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA)

Knitting alone – in the city – ageing and kinship availability as a vulnerability marker

Sugahara, Gustavo; Nordvik, Viggo (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

Von Soest, Tilmann; Luhmann, Maike; Gerstorf, Denis (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

Von Soest, Tilmann; Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders; Sletten, Mira Aaboen (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?

Kitterød, Ragni Hege; Pedersen, Axel West (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

Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Seland, Idunn (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

Heggebø, Kristian (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

Heggebø, Kristian; Bråthen, Magne; Hermansen, Åsmund (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

Heggebø, Kristian; Dahl, Espen; van der Wel, Kjetil A. (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

Bell, Justyna; Trąbka, Agnieszka; Pustulka, Paula (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?

Takle, Marianne (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?

Sørvoll, Jardar; Gautun, Heidi (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

Van der Linden, Bernadette; Sieber, Stefan; Cheval, Boris; Orsholits, Dan; Guessous, Idris; Gabriel, Rainer; von Arx, Martina; Kelly-Irving, Michelle; Aartsen, Marja; Blane, David; Boisgontier, Matthieu; Oris, Michel; Kliegel, Matthias; Cullati, Stéphane (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

Hansen, Thomas; Slagsvold, Britt (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

Vangen, Hanna (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

Sieber, Stefan; Cheval, Boris; Orsholits, Dan; Van der Linden, Bernadette; Guessous, Idris; Gabriel, Rainer; Kliegel, Matthias; von Arx, Martina; Kelly-Irving, Michelle; Aartsen, Marja; Boisgontier, Matthieu; Courvoisier, Delphine S.; Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Cullati, Stéphane (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 ...