• The Effect of Ethnicity and Economy upon Intergenerational Coresidence : Northern Norway during the Last Part of the Nineteenth Century 

      Jåstad, Hilde Leikny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      During the last part of the nineteenth century, Finnmark province and the Northern part of Troms experienced a decline in intergenerational coresidence. This article discusses what impact ethnic affiliation and economic activity had on the living arrangements of the elderly, and what contributed to the change. Logistic regression shows that ethnicity played a role, but its effect disappears after ...
    • Endring i samisk og norsk husholdsstruktur: Nord-Troms og Finnmark i perioden 1865 til 1900 

      Jåstad, Hilde Leikny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      I siste del av 1800-tallet sank andelen eldre som bodde sammen med egne voksne barn i Nord-Troms og Finnmark. Artikkelen diskuterer i et etnisk perspektiv hvilken effekt alder, kjønn, ekteskapelig status og stilling som husholdsoverhode hadde på denne typen samboerskap, og hva som bidro til endring. Analysen viser at nedgangen, uavhengig av etnisk tilknytning, var et resultat av at enker og enkemenn ...
    • Northern Co-residence across Generations In Northernmost Norway during the Last Part of the Nineteenth Century 

      Jåstad, Hilde Leikny (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2011-06-08)
      This dissertation is a comparative study of Sámi and Norwegian family living arrangements, explored from the perspective of the elderly and their co-residing behaviour with an own adult child. Up until 1875 nearly two-thirds of all elderly Sámi resided with an own adult child, 10 percentage points lower among Norwegians. In 1900, fewer than half of the elderly lived together with an own adult ...
    • Viewing Ethnicity from the Perspective of Individuals and Households: Finnmark during the Late Nineteenty Century 

      Jåstad, Hilde Leikny (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      In Norway, historical sources which yield first-hand information about how different ethnic groups defined themselves are scarce. Second-hand information on the other hand is available in the population censuses undertaken from 1845 onwards. The first part of this article gives a brief description of the source material, and in order to evaluate the strength of the ethnicity variable given in the ...