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Selected determinants of fertility in vietnam: age at marriage, marriage to first birth interval and age at first birth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Nguyen Luc ,
Nguyen Minh Thang ,
Ingrid Swenson  and
Pham Bich San
Nguyen Luc
Affiliation:
National Committee for Population and Family Planning in Vietnam
Nguyen Minh Thang
Affiliation:
National Committee for Population and Family Planning in Vietnam
Ingrid Swenson
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Pham Bich San
Affiliation:
Institute of Sociology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Summary

Data from the 4172 women aged 15–49 interviewed in the 1988 Vietnamese Demographic and Health Survey were used to examine age at marriage, marriage to first birth intervals and age at first birth. Differences between urban and rural areas, northern and southern provinces and by education of the women were analysed.

The majority of the women had their first birth before age 20, but women with secondary education had a significantly higher age at first birth than those with little or no education, and women from the north had a significantly higher age at first birth than women from the south. Rural women and those with little or no education married at significantly younger ages than urban women and those with secondary education; these education effects were confirmed in a rural subsample of women. Women from rural areas and from the north had significantly shorter marriage to first birth intervals than urban women and those from the south, but there were no significant effects related to education.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 303 - 310
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Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press

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