PROJECT 
Findings from Recent and Ongoing Youth and Family Studies in Vietnam

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Amin, Sajeda, Erica Chong and Nicole Haberland. "Programs to address child marriage: Framing the problem," Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 14. New York: Population Council. (updated January 2008) (PDF) (PDF en français)

Pham Nguyen Bang and Peter S. Hill. “The role of temporary migration in rural household economic strategy in a transitional period for the economy of Vietnam,” Asian Population Studies 4(1): 57–75. (abstract)

Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan and James F. Phillips. "Ethnic differentials in parental health seeking for childhood illness in Vietnam," Social Science and Medicine
66(5): 1118–1130. (abstract) Also issued as Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 3. New York: Population Council, 2007. (abstract) (PDF)

2007
Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan, Hac Van Vinh, and Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan. "Changing transitions to adulthood in Vietnam’s remote northern uplands: A focus on ethnic minority youth and their families." Hanoi: Population Council. (PDF) (PDF in Vietnamese) (more)

2006
Amin, Sajeda. "The implications of trade liberalization for working women's marriage: Case studies of Bangladesh, Egypt and Vietnam," in Caren Grown, Elissa Braunstein, and Anju Malhotra (eds.), Trading Women's Health and Rights? Trade Liberalization and Reproductive Health in Developing Economies. London: Zed Books, pp. 97–120.*

Questionnaires used in the 2006 Youth and Family Study to gather information on young people, households, and the community. (PDFs: young people, households, community leaders)

Slide show of images from the study (slide show)

2003
Mensch, Barbara S., Wesley H. Clark, and Dang Nguyen Anh. “Adolescents in Vietnam: Looking beyond reproductive health,” Studies in Family Planning 34(4): 249–262. (PDF) Also issued as “Premarital sex in Vietnam: Is the current concern with adolescent reproductive health warranted?” Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 163. New York: Population Council, 2002. (abstract) (PDF)

* Not available from the Population Council.

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