Thesis Public Defense | VNP28 - Đoàn Nam Hải

The determinants of Vietnam households’ subjective well-being by using VHLSS 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018

Student: Đoàn Nam Hải, VNP-28

Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Nguyễn Trọng Hoài

Abstract:

The thesis uses the longitudinal panel data, which are combined from the data set of VHLSS 2010 and four next data sets of VHLSS, to create three waves of data including (1) the wave of VHLSS 2010-12-14; (2) the wave of VHLSS 2012-14-16; (3) the wave of VHLSS 2014-16-18.

The empirical studies suggested that the Order Probit model is suitable for examining the dependent variable which is gathered through the quantitative question like the case of this thesis.

The research contributes to Subjective Well-being (SWB) with four worthy following:

(1) even though differentiated with some empirical studies, in the case of Vietnamese and supported by some empirical studies, female HoHHs have better SWB perceiving than that male HoHHs;

(2) among of 6 areas of Vietnam, living in the different areas lead to different perceiving of SWB, favorable for HoHH living in the Northern
Midlands and Mountains, North Centrals;

(3) in the family structure perspective, the HoHHs living in the two and three generation perceive that their SWB better than that of others;

(4) the perception on SWB from the HoHHs with the levels of education that lower than undergraduate level, and the HoHHs keeping their level of education higher over the past 5 years are better than others.