Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy
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2025-04-01
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21582440
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2-s2.0-105004430818
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SAGE Open
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15
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2
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SAGE Open Vol.15 No.2 (2025)
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Dang T.N.H., Do H.T.T. Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy. SAGE Open Vol.15 No.2 (2025). doi:10.1177/21582440251324694 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/110173
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Assessment of Social Development Across Age Groups in Vietnam: Employing the Demographic Metric of Literate Life Expectancy
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Abstract
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.