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YEAR: 1991

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Fertility and family planning in Vietnam.

AUTHORS

Allman J; Vu Qui Nhan; Nguyen Minh Thang; Pham Bich San; Vu Duy Man

SOURCE

STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING. 1991 Sep-Oct;22(5):308-17.

ABSTRACT

An analysis of data gathered in the 1988 Vietnam Demographic and health Survey (VNDHS) and the 1989 Census

Population Five Percent Sample suggests that the country has been undergoing a process of demographic transition

since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1975. The total fertility rate has declined from 6.1 in 1969-

1974 to slightly under 4.0 in 1988-89. Factors apparently promoting this decline include changes in nuptiality

patterns (in 1988, the mean age at marriage was 23.5 years and only 60% of women of reproductive age were

married), a low infant mortality rate (50/1000 live births in 1988-89), growing acceptance of the government's 2-child

family size norm (desired family size stands at 2.7 children among rural women and 2.3 children among urban

women), and a well-organized national family planning program (54% of currently married Vietnamese women 15-44

years of age were contraceptive users in 1988). 63% of contraceptive acceptors use the IUD--the method promoted

by the government's family planning effort--but there appear to be problems with the quality of IUDs provided. 45% of

ever-users of clinic methods and 19% of users of supply methods utilize the commune health center and another

37% and 24%, respectively, are supplied through district hospitals. The ability of the national family planning

program to offer a range of contraceptive choices has been hindered by a severe fiscal crisis in the health sector,

and privatization and decentralization are receiving consideration as possible solutions. Local demographers are

currently assessing whether further economic renovation is likely to support further demographic transitions or

undermine policy enforcement by weakening the influence of rural cadres. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T

2511-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Fertility and family planning in Vietnam.", is(are) Allman J;

Vu Qui Nhan; Nguyen Minh Thang; Pham Bich San; Vu Duy Man. The source of this article is "STUDIES IN

FAMILY PLANNING. 1991 Sep-Oct;22(5):308-17.". This article was published in 1991 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2511-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12511

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