Zentrale Ergebnisse und Herausforderungen – Synopse zum Sozialbericht Esch/Alzette 2017

E-print/Working paper (2017)

Gesundheitsbeschwerden von Schülern in Luxemburg

E-print/Working paper (2017)

Übergewicht bei Schülern in Luxemburg

E-print/Working paper (2017)

Effects of ethnic group density on young migrants' health and health behaviour.

Scientific Conference (2017, September 01)

Throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the current one there has been a drastic increase in ethnic diversity in many European societies. From a sociology of health perspective these developments ... [more ▼]

Throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the current one there has been a drastic increase in ethnic diversity in many European societies. From a sociology of health perspective these developments pose the question of how processes of acculturation, and with it levels of acculturative stress, often seen as responsible for many of the adverse health effects of migration, are altered if the standard assumption of an allochthonous ethnic minority acculturating to the ways of an autochthonous ethnic majority is violated. The ethnic density hypothesis suggests that an increase in own ethnic group density or overall ethnic minority density, through facilitating social support networks among co-ethnics, decreasing the rates and altering the perception of incidences of interpersonal racism and lowering the gap between acculturation and ecology can have a buffering effect on the adverse health effects of migrant status. This contribution, relying on data from the 2013-14 wave of the Luxembourgish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study, investigates the relationship between young migrants’ health and health behaviour and ethnic density in school classes. School classes, as an essential part of school-students’ immediate social environment, constitute an important acculturation context. At the same time, Luxembourg, as one of the most diverse countries in Europe, where almost two thirds of school-aged children have a migration background and only roughly 17% of first- and second-generation migrants attend classes with a native majority, presents itself as the ideal national context to explore the implications of increasing levels of ethnic diversity for migrant health and, due to its high variance in ethnic density between classes, offers enough statistical power to detect the sketched potential moderating effects. [less ▲]

Does relative and subjective family affluence influence overweight, body image and weight reduction behaviour of adolescents in Luxembourg?

Scientific Conference (2017, June 19)

Plateauing and rising levels of obesity and overweight in children and youth are growing concerns and the relations between socio-economic status (SES) and dietary behaviour and weight outcomes are very ... [more ▼]

Plateauing and rising levels of obesity and overweight in children and youth are growing concerns and the relations between socio-economic status (SES) and dietary behaviour and weight outcomes are very varied across countries. Empirical findings about the influences of socio-economic status (SES) on these health behaviours and outcomes differ depending on the measurement of SES used. Considering alternative conceptualisations of SES (measuring absolute, relative or subjective dimensions) is therefore advocated when analysing health inequalities in countries with high levels of overall affluence. As a country with high overall affluence and growing inequalities, Luxembourg allows for a further exploration of socio-economic inequalities in dietary behaviour and weight outcomes of young people in affluent contexts. The analysis aims to identify the relation between socio-economic inequalities and the dietary behaviour and weight outcomes of young people in Luxembourg. Data relating to family affluence, perceived wealth, dietary behaviour and BMI was gathered from 11 to 18 year-old pupils (n= 7233) using the HBSC questionnaire in the context of the 2014 HBSC wave in Luxembourg and is analysed using multiple logistic regression. The results indicate that there are different patterns of association of absolute, relative and subjective affluence with dietary behaviour and weight outcomes of young people aged between 11 and 18 in Luxembourg. While weight outcomes are socially stratified by all aspects of family affluence, after adjustment for overweight body image is associated to subjective family affluence and weight reduction behaviour is associated to absolute and relative family affluence. The results thus confirm a differentiated association of different aspects of SES to dietary behaviour and weight outcomes and confirm, that health inequalities between health outcomes or behaviours are linked to different processes. [less ▲]

Politisches Engagement im Jugendalter : Zwischen Beteiligung, Protest und Gewalt

Book published by Beltz Juventa (2017)

Evaluation des Pilotprojektes Outreach Youth Work - Maisons des Jeunes. Workingpaper 3. Lern- und Entwicklungsprozesse im Rahmen des Pilotprojektes.

Report (2017)

Gesellschaftliche und politische Beteiligung Jugendlicher - Empirische Daten und Befunde aus dem Nationalen Bericht zur Situation der Jugend in Luxemburg 2015

Speeches/Talks (2017)

Evaluation des Pilotprojektes Outreach Youth Work - Maisons des Jeunes. Rekonstruktion des Entstehungs- und Implementierungsprozesses des Pilotprojektes. Präsentation der Ergebnisse Workingpaper 2.

Speeches/Talks (2017)

Youth Policy in Luxembourg: Legislations, Strategies and Agendas in a European Perspective

Report (2017)