Western welfare states are facing great challenges as they strive to optimise their health and social systems in response to the realities of an ageing population. Many countries put a stake on reablement services— short-term ...

The contemporary normative climate regarding sexual violence affects how perpetrators of such violence relate to their harmful acts. In this article, we analyze how men convicted of sex offences are affected by how ...

I dette notatet gjengis de første resultatene fra forskningsprosjektet Fra kommunal til privat bolig i Oslo, et prosjekt som er gjennomført av Velferdsetaten (Oslo kommune) i samarbeid med BOVEL, Senter for bolig- og ...

Substantial influxes of international immigrants during recent decades have transformed metropolitan housing markets across Europe, North America, and Australia. Where and under what physical and sociodemographic conditions ...

With working life being in the middle of both a demographic and a digital transition, a key question is whether digitalization may counteract the policy goal of delaying work exit. Here, we use survey data from the Norwegian ...

Social exclusion (SE), or the separation of individuals and groups from mainstream society, is associated with poor health and wellbeing, yet a substantial number of older people are socially excluded. There is increasing ...

Participating in sports is a highly valued part of growing up in the Western world. This is especially true in the Scandinavian countries, where the voluntary sports organizations are closely connected to the welfare state. ...

Introduction: Research on the classification models of suicide attempts has predominantly depended on the collection of sensitive data related to suicide. Gathering this type of information at the population level can be ...

Velferdsbarometeret er en spørreundersøkelse som er tenkt gjennomført ved hvert valg. Den skal ta pulsen på sosialpolitikken og vise hva folk synes om regjeringens arbeid mellom hvert valg. Her presenteres svarene fra ...

Although life trajectories are frequently theorized to explain people’s attitudes toward different social groups, few studies have been able to directly assess their importance with suitable data. Addressing this gap and ...