FALLING FERTILITY IN VIETNAM

Authors
Citation
J. Haughton, FALLING FERTILITY IN VIETNAM, Population Studies, 51(2), 1997, pp. 203
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy
Journal title
ISSN journal
00324728
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-4728(1997)51:2<203:FFIV>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
According to data collected by the Vietnam Living Standards Survey 199 2-93, total fertility was 3.2. This level is low for such a poor count ry, and reflects a continued fall from 5.6 in 1979, uninterrupted by t he rapid transition from a planned to a market economy. Oddly, the pro ximate causes of the low total fertility, including contraceptive user and abortion rates, imply a value close to 2. One explanation may be that households overstate the degree to which they use contraception. To maintain the momentum of falling fertility, a more user-oriented ap proach to family planning is required, offering a wider variety of con traceptive options.