The Effect of Social Assistance on Early Childbearing in Vietnam: The Role of Migration
- Authors: Hoang H.T.1, Ngo P.T.1, Nguyen L.T.1, Le Y.T.1, Tran C.K.1, Le P.T.1
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Affiliations:
- National Economics University
- Issue: Vol 4, No 1 (2024)
- Pages: 132-145
- Section: Social demographics
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/2782-2303/article/view/268394
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/demis.2024.4.1.9
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/QGHAFY
- ID: 268394
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Abstract
The study analyzes the relationships among migration, early childbearing, and child well-being social assistance within the cluster level. Using data from the Vietnam Sustainable Development Goal Indicators for Children and Women survey (SDGCW) by the General Statistics Office (GSO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) of Vietnam in the period 2020–2021, while applying Tobit models, the results show that the increase of households’ social assistance receipt will limit the likeliness of family members to make migration decisions, thereby decreasing early childbearing. The study is expected to be the basis for making implications to improve the policy system and social assistance programs aimed at minors, especially targeting the group of minor migrants with the goal of reducing early childbearing.
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Hue Thi Hoang
National Economics University
Author for correspondence.
Email: hoanghue@neu.edu.vn
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1460-5492
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
Phuong Thi Xuan Ngo
National Economics University
Email: ngophuong2002bn@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-3813-6696
Student, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
Lan Thi Nguyen
National Economics University
Email: ntlan02082002@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-3289-3347
Student, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
Yen Thi Bao Le
National Economics University
Email: lethibaoyen1810@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-6197-7631
Student, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
Chi Khanh Tran
National Economics University
Email: tkchi41@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-6691-9111
Student, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
Phung Trung Le
National Economics University
Email: phungletrung144@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0002-3716-1628
Student, Faculty of Economics and Human Resource Management Hanoi, Vietnam
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