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    • Drug use and early job insecurity 

      Tolgensbakk, Ida; Ayllón, Sara; Schoyen, Mi Ah; McDonnell, Ann; Bussi, Margherita; O'Reilly, Jacqueline (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-22)
      This chapter explores the association between drug use, early job insecurity and periods of high youth unemployment using quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative analysis shows how young people’s behaviour and ...

    • Duty, discipline and mental health problems: Young people’s pursuit of educational achievement and body ideals 

      Eriksen, Ingunn Marie (Journal of Youth Studies;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-12)
      The last decades have seen an increase in mental health problems among young people in Western countries; this has been tied to increasing educational achievement pressure and body dissatisfaction. The purpose of this paper ...

    • Dynamics of volunteering and life satisfaction in midlife and old age: Findings from 12 European countries 

      Hansen, Thomas; Slagsvold, Britt; Aartsen, Marja; Deindl, Christian (Social Sciences;Volume 7, Issue 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-04)
      A growing literature shows that doing voluntary work not only helps the wider community but can also improve one’s own well-being. To date, however, few studies have examined the relationship between volunteering and ...

    • E-cigarette use in global digital youth culture. A qualitative study of the social practices and meaning of vaping among 15–20-year-olds in Denmark, Finland, and Norway 

      Scheffels, Janne; Tokle, Rikke; Linnansaari, Anu; Rasmussen, Sofie; Charlotta, Pisinger (International journal of drug policy;Volume 111, January 2023, 103928, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-12-15)
      Background: The introduction of e-cigarettes on the tobacco market has brought new regulatory challenges, and particular concerns relate to e-cigarette uptake among young people. The aim of this study was to explore the ...

    • Earlier hospital discharge: a challenge for Norwegian municipalities 

      Gautun, Heidi; Syse, Astri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Aim: In order to improve patient outcomes and minimize health care costs, many Western countries are attempting to reduce the length of stay in hospitals by transferring responsibilities from specialist care to primary ...

    • Early school leaving in the care population - Differences by county of origin 

      Dæhlen, Marianne; Rugkåsa, Marianne (Child & Family Social Work;Volume 23, Issue 4 - November 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-11)
      In many Western countries, children in immigrant families are considered at increased risk of experiencing social problems and marginalisation and are often overrepresented in the care population. How these children ...

    • The East-West divide in late-life depression: Results from the Generations and Gender Survey 

      Hansen, Thomas; Slagsvold, Britt (Scandinavian Psychologist;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-08)
      This study explores Europe’s country differences in depressed mood among older men and women and the role individual-level socioeconomic status, health, and social variables play in these patterns. We use cross-sectional, ...

    • Eating behaviour disorders among adolescents in a middle school in Dongfanghong, China 

      Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Feng, Tingting (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background Disordered eating behaviours (DEB) are significant public health challenges among adolescents. DEB are prevalent among Chinese young people and replication epidemiological studies in DEB are needed due to ...

    • Economic Strategies among Long-Term Homeless People: The concept of Harvesting Economy 

      Flåto, Maja; Johannessen, Katja (European Journal of Homelessness;Volume 4, December 2010, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)
      The life and economic situation of a homeless person appear chaotic from the standpoint of the domiciled citizen, yet the social and economic strategies of homeless people can be understood as the outcome of conscious ...

    • Educating the Roma: The Struggle for Cultural Autonomy in a Semi-Nomadic Group in Oslo. 

      Engebrigtsen, Ada (Social Inclusion;3(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-29)
      This paper will discuss the rationale of a group of Norwegian Roma who have resisted the government’s attempts to educate them since the early 1960s. Behind the scenes these Roma claim that a school education is irrelevant ...

    • Educational inequalities in hospital care for mortally ill patients in Norway 

      Elstad, Jon Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Aims: Health care should be allocated fairly, irrespective of patients’ social standing. Previous research suggests that highly educated patients are prioritized in Norwegian hospitals. This study examines this contentious ...

    • Educational inequalities in late-life depression across Europe. Results from the Generations and Gender Survey 

      Hansen, Thomas; Veenstra, Marijke; Slagsvold, Britt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This study explores country- and gender-stratified educational differences in depression among older adults from 10 European countries. We examine inequalities in both absolute (prevalence differences) and relative (odds ...

    • Effects of an early warning system on student absence and completion in Norwegian upper secondary schools: a cluster-randomised study 

      Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

    • The effects of parental income on Norwegian adolescents’ school grades: A sibling analysis 

      Elstad, Jon Ivar; Bakken, Anders (Acta Sociologica;58(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Associations between family income and offspring’s educational attainment are well-established. A debated topic is whether this association is due to the causal influence of family income per se, or arises because of other ...

    • Eksamen på like vilkår? 

      Fossum, Aina; Rogstad, Jon; Smestad, Bjørn (Tangenten - Tidsskrift for matematikkundervisning;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Fram til koronapandemien var eksamen en fast del av elevenes sluttvurdering både i ungdomsskolen og i videregående skole. De siste tre årene har imidlertid både muntlig og skriftlig eksamen vært avlyst. Neste skoleår kommer ...

    • Eksamens- og standpunktkarakterer – to sider av samme sak? 

      Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Prøitz, Tine Sophie; Seland, Idunn (Acta Didactica Norge - tidsskrift for fagdidaktisk forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid i Norge;Vol. 12, Nr. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      I denne artikkelen undersøker vi hvilken funksjon den norske ordningen med henholdsvis eksamens- og standpunktkarakter har for læreres vurderingspraksis. Analysen bygger på nasjonal karakterstatistikk og intervjuer med ...

    • Eldre i arbeidslivet – slitenhet og yrkesavgang 

      Herlofson, Katharina; Hellevik, Tale (Søkelys på arbeidslivet;Årgang 36, nr. 4-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Er eldre yrkesaktive mer slitne enn yngre og er slitenhet en årsak til at mange går av selv om det er flere år igjen til de når aldersgrensen? Dybdeintervjuer med ledere i nitten ulike virksomheter gir inntrykk av at dette ...

    • Eldre i arbeidslivet – slitenhet og yrkesavgang 

      Herlofson, Katharina; Hellevik, Tale (Søkelys på arbeidslivet;Årgang 36, nr.4-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-04)
      Er eldre yrkesaktive mer slitne enn yngre og er slitenheten årsak til at mange går av selv om det er flere år igjen til de når aldersgrensen? Dybdeintervjuer med ledere i nitten ulike virksomheter gir inntrykk av at dette ...

    • Election Campaign Agendas, Government Partisanship, and the Welfare State 

      Jakobsson, Lars Niklas; Kumlin, Staffan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Although theoretically contentious, most empirical studies contend that electoral-political factors structure the welfare state. In practice, most studies concentrate on ‘government partisanship’, that is the ideological ...

    • An Eliasian analysis of students’ views on guidelines against sexual harassment and abuse in sport 

      Solstad, Gerd Marie; Stefansen, Kari; Åse, Strandbu (International Review for the Sociology of Sport;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-29)
      This article explores an important measure in current prevention policies in sport: guidelines against sexual harassment and abuse. Because little is known about how people involved in sport understand and relate to such ...