The first fully-fledged ethnography on health-related issues to come out of contemporary
Vietnam, Women's Bodies, Women's Worries is a study of women's lives in a rural commune …

Like most societies Vietnam has seen marked changes in family structures and dynamics
this century. For Vietnam however these changes have been especially radical. After …

Marriage is currently the number-one reason people migrate to the United States, and
women constitute the majority of newcomers joining husbands who already reside here. But …

A Study of Social Change in a Northern Vietnamese Village is based on anthropological
fieldwork between 1992 and 1996 in a small Red River delta village. It treats the history of …

Context: Premarital sexual activity is thought to be rising in Vietnam. However, there is little
evidence documenting such an increase, and it is unknown whether levels of premarital sex …

This articìe explores the circumstances ofpremarital sexuality, unwanted pregnancies, and
abortjon among single women in Vietnam. Twentyin-depth interviews were conducted with …

In this paper we map the predominant interpretations and characteristics of Vietnamese
research on gender issues. Through a review of recent articles from the Vietnamese …

This paper studies household composition in Vietnam from a regional perspective. The
analysis is based on data from the Vietnam Living Standards Survey conducted in 1992 …

In the mid-1980s, after the Indochina Wars, a shortage of men meant that many single
women in Vietnam found themselves without suitable marital prospects. A number of these …

Dramatic social changes have restructured virtually all aspects of Vietnam society. Although
the economic consequences of these changes are well documented, little is known about …