Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy
This study utilizes the demographic metric of Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) to evaluate Vietnam’s 70-year journey of social development across birth cohorts. By analyzing the Life Table (2019) and Age-specific Literacy Rates (2020), the magnitude of the gap in LLE between women and men is calculate...
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| description | This study utilizes the demographic metric of Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) to evaluate Vietnam’s 70-year journey of social development across birth cohorts. By analyzing the Life Table (2019) and Age-specific Literacy Rates (2020), the magnitude of the gap in LLE between women and men is calculated to provide insights into the progress of healthcare initiatives and literacy improvement. A narrow women-men gap in LLE indicates a society with higher mortality rates and a significant literacy gap between women and men. Conversely, a wide women-men gap in LLE illustrates a society with lower mortality rates and apparent gender equality in literacy. Findings reveal three distinct stages of social development in Vietnam. Stage 1 (1935–1945) indicates LLE for women being lower than that of men which reflects slow pace of social progress during colonization. Stage 2 (1945–1975) illustrates LLE for women surpassing that of men, marking developing social progress after Vietnam’s declaration of independence from colonization. Stage 3 (1975–2004) shows a widening women-men gap in LLE, reflecting rapid social development with revolutionary reforms in healthcare and education after the Vietnam War. The discussion section outlines a compilation of basic education and primary healthcare policies corresponding to stages of social development in Vietnam. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c12b4cc5ffb345489888db5cdcb5c7442025-08-20T03:48:31ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402025-05-011510.1177/21582440251324694Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life ExpectancyTruc Ngoc Hoang Dang0Hang Thi Thuy Do1Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, ThailandCollege of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandThis study utilizes the demographic metric of Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) to evaluate Vietnam’s 70-year journey of social development across birth cohorts. By analyzing the Life Table (2019) and Age-specific Literacy Rates (2020), the magnitude of the gap in LLE between women and men is calculated to provide insights into the progress of healthcare initiatives and literacy improvement. A narrow women-men gap in LLE indicates a society with higher mortality rates and a significant literacy gap between women and men. Conversely, a wide women-men gap in LLE illustrates a society with lower mortality rates and apparent gender equality in literacy. Findings reveal three distinct stages of social development in Vietnam. Stage 1 (1935–1945) indicates LLE for women being lower than that of men which reflects slow pace of social progress during colonization. Stage 2 (1945–1975) illustrates LLE for women surpassing that of men, marking developing social progress after Vietnam’s declaration of independence from colonization. Stage 3 (1975–2004) shows a widening women-men gap in LLE, reflecting rapid social development with revolutionary reforms in healthcare and education after the Vietnam War. The discussion section outlines a compilation of basic education and primary healthcare policies corresponding to stages of social development in Vietnam.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251324694 |
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| title | Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy |
| title_full | Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy |
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| title_short | Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy |
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