Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
Vietnam’s rapid fertility decline can be explained by very high rates of contraceptive use and induced abortion, but despite the overall decline, fertility rates vary considerably across the country’s 54 ethnic groups. To explore the prospects for further fertility decline through use of abortion among high-fertility minority populations, this study analyzes unique data from the Vietnam National Health Survey to examine ethnic differentials in prevalence and determinants of abortion and contraception, using a new classification system for ethnicity. The report concludes that providing improved abortion services alone is unlikely to reduce fertility among high-fertility minority groups. Service provision needs to be offered along with policies and other steps that improve family planning programs and promote women’s education and later-age childbearing.
DOI
10.31899/pgy3.1032
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan and Sajeda Amin. 2009. "The role of abortion in the last stage of fertility decline in Vietnam," Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 15. New York: Population Council. Version of record: https://doi.org/10.1363/ipsrh.36.080.10
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