Blar i SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) på emneord "Norway"
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Lifestyle habits and depressive symptoms in Norwegian adolescents: a national cross-sectional study
(BMC Public Health;21, Article number: 816 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-28)Background: This study’s purpose was to examine the association between a broad range of lifestyle habits and depressive symptoms in Norwegian adolescents. Methods: This study was based on national, self-reported, ... -
Locked and lonely? A longitudinal assessment of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-01)Aims: There are concerns that lockdown measures taken during the current COVID-19 pandemic lead to a rise in loneliness, especially in vulnerable groups. We explore trends in loneliness before and during the pandemic and ... -
Making the case for ‘good enough’ rape-prevalence estimates Insights from a school-based survey experiment among Norwegian youths
(Routledge Research in Gender and Society;, Academic chapter, 2019)How to measure rape precisely has been an important topic in feminist research on violence against women since the 1980s. The norm in contemporary studies is to use behaviourally specific questions identifying specific ... -
Migration, Gender Roles, and Mental Illness: The Case of Somali Immigrants in Norway
(International Migration Review;Published online: August 21, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article explores why Somali immigrant women in Norway have a lower utilization rate of mental-health services compared to Somali men. Based on qualitativeresearch, it argues that the maintenance of traditional gender ... -
Neighborhood variation in early adult educational outcomes: The case of Norway
(Die Erde;Vol 150 No 2 (2019): Geographical neighbourhood research, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-19)Individuals originating in different neighborhoods fare differently in later life. Part of this is because families sort non-randomly over the urban landscape; different types of families live in systematically different ... -
Non-reporting of sexual violence as action: acts, selves, futures in the making
(Nordic Journal of Criminology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-29)Individual, cultural and structural barriers exist in reporting rape to the police. Our study’s context is Norway, where reporting is more accepted than before and is even encouraged. Still, few who experience rape report ... -
Nordic reforms to improve the labour market participation of vulnerable youth: An effective new approach?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article asks how the legitimacy (recognition or misrecognition) of “ethnicity” and “disability” influences public policies to promote the inclusion of young adults in the Nordic labour markets. The article ... -
The Norwegian Petroleum Fund: Savings for Future Generations?
(Volume 30;Number 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 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 ... -
Nurses' assessments of horizontal collaboration in municipal health and care services for older adults: A cross-sectional study
(Research in Nursing and Health;Volume 44, Issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-25)Interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration is considered key to achieving high‐quality care and positive patient outcomes, but there is limited research into how nurses working in nursing homes and home care ... -
Policy Review on the Norwegian Initiative of Offering Free Homework Assistance in Schools
(ECNU Review of Education;Vol 4, Issue 3, 2021, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-16)Purpose: Through reviewing an education policy blueprint in Norway, titled “An Offer of Homework Assistance” (issued by the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training in June 2010), the present article aims to shed ... -
Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
(European Societies;Volume 23, 2021 - Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-11)Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide ... -
Social Capital and Student Achievement: Exploring the Influence of Social Relationships on School Success in Norway and Romania
(Creative Education;6(15), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-04)This paper investigates student social relationships in secondary schools and its relationship with student achievement in Norway and Romania. Using data from national youth surveys (“Young in Norway 2010” for Norway and ... -
Social Citizenship, Inequality and Homeownership. Postwar Perspectives from the North of Europe
(Social Policy and Society;Published online 14 November 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article, we analyse the social distribution of residential property in Norway post-1945 in light of the concept of social citizenship. Drawing on data from censuses and tax registers, we examine the social ... -
The Social Homeownership Model - the case of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In Norway, mass home ownership has been an important part of social housing in the post-war period. Social housing became available to everybody and a great majority seized the opportunity. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ... -
Social Variations in Perceived Parenting Styles among Norwegian Adolescents
(Child indicators research;7(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Previous research has documented the associations between parenting and parenting styles and child and adolescent outcomes. Little is known, however, about the social structuring of parenting in contemporary Nordic welfare ... -
Transnational mobility and social remittances. The case of Polish women in Norway and Poland
(Ethnologia Europaea;Volume 50 • Issue 1 • Re-enchantment, Ritualization, Heritage-making: Processes Reconfiguring Tradition in Europe, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-14)Research on skilled migrants often focuses on the negative effects of migration on sending countries. Discussions of positive results are limited to monetary remittances. Using ethnographic data, we explore the impact of ... -
Transnational practices and local lives. Quran courses via Skype in Norwegian-Pakistani families
(Identities;22(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-30)With the emergence of an adult generation of descendants of migrants who are entering the labour market, marrying and having children, questions of transnationalism are made current in new ways. This article engages in the ... -
Trust, Cultural Health Capital, and Immigrants' Health Care Integration in Norway
(Trust, Cultural Health Capital, and Immigrants' Health Care Integration in Norway;Vol 53, Issue 2, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-10)Trust is a decisive feature of social interactions, transactions, and relationships, yet the implications of trust in integration processes has largely escaped sociological inquiry. Based on interviews and focus group ... -
Understanding the increase in parents’ involvement in organized youth sports
(Sport, Education and Society;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-18)As part of an ethnographic study on young people and learning (the knowledge in motion across contexts of learning project, set in Norway), we interviewed a diverse sample of parents of young teenagers, many of whom ... -
Urban landscapes of adolescent substance use
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Cities are increasingly organised according to socio-spatial divisions in which groups with similar characteristics live in the same areas. This social polarisation is associated with differences in living conditions, ...