The performance of basic functions in present day Vietnamese families.

Autor/in	Nguyen, Thanh Binh
Titel	The performance of basic functions in present day Vietnamese families. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Das Erfüllen der Grundfunktionen in heutigen vietnamesischen Familien.
Quelle	Berlin (2013), XIV, 280 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss., 2012.
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
URN	urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudissthesis000000093931-0
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Reproduktion; Familie; Altersvorsorge; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaft; Hochschulschrift; Vietnamese; Asien; Südostasien; Vietnam
Abstract	"The results showed that Vietnam's socio-economic system has been significantly changing in the last decade under the fundamental reform of development patterns. With the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, Vietnamese families are changing, too. However, almost of Vietnamese families implement their basic functions, namely: economic function, reproductive function, educational function and function of taking care of elderly people. Firstly, living standards in Vietnam have been considerably increasing over the past few years. This is manifested through the increase in households' income and expenditure. Women are generally decision makers in daily expenses in their families. As regards to other expenses, their husbands play a significant role. Secondly, Vietnamese families follow rather strictly the family planning policies stipulated by the Party and the state. As a result, household size is small, birthrate decreases, and age at first marriage is higher and higher. The proportion of couples using family planning methods is relatively high and is likely to increase year after year. Nonetheless, there remain some limitations related to the reproductive function; that is, the increase of abortion rate. Thirdly, families play an important role in forming and developing children's personalities. The most important people are father, mother, and then followed by other family members such as grandparents and siblings, etc. Parents have various activities to educate their children, get their children involved in socializing and the educational content in families is also varied. Fourthly, the rate of elderly people in Vietnam has risen in recent years. The State's social security system is incapable of taking care of elderly people; therefore, the responsibility of looking after the elderly is taken by their families. Taking care of the elderly at home is for children to pay gratitude towards their parents." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2015/3