Wellbeing among women post immigration in to Sweden : A study of factors contributing to wellbeing of women immigrants in a mid-sized Swedish city

• Main Authors: Hussein, Ali Abdirizak, Odhiambo, Vivian Amondi
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi 2020
• Subjects: Migration; wellbeing; immigrants; women; relationships; employment; culture; language; education; gender perspective; policies.; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-33206

The aim of this study was to examine how immigrant women in middle-sized community municipalities in the middle of Sweden describe factors of importance for their wellbeing. Five semi-structured interviews were conducted with the women and different themes were identified from the data collected using thematic analysis. The themes included family and relationships, Employment and economy, language, education, culture, and spirituality. These themes describe the factors of importance in the wellbeing of the immigrant women. To analyze the data, we applied the PERMA framework as our basic concept, because it describes the five important factors of the wellbeing and happiness that is reflected in our results. The results describe personal, social conditions and the community factors that positively affected the wellbeing of the immigrant women and helped them achieve a life of fulfilment, meaning and happiness.  The result from this study showed that family, employment, economic stability, language, education, culture, and spirituality were important factors that contributed to immigrant women’s wellbeing.