Characteristics of the VARHS Data and Other Data Sources

Kasper Brandt, Finn Tarp

Abstract

The VARHS was first implemented in 2002 when it was realized that more information on household resources and the interaction of resources was needed in Viet Nam. From 2006 and onwards, households from twelve provinces are surveyed biennially and data collected. The studies of this book almost exclusively rely on households that are present in all VARHS datasets between 2006 and 2014, which covers 2,162 households being interviewed five times. The sample of VARHS households resembles, to a large extent, the samples in the representative VHLSS datasets and the 2009 population census. This implies that the results put together in this book are likely to apply to a more extensive part of the Vietnamese population than initially planned for.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGrowth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam : A Rising Dragon on the Move
EditorsFinn Tarp
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date2017
Pages26-50
Chapter2
ISBN (Print)9780198796961
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
SeriesUNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Keywords

  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • population census
  • Viet Nam
  • VARHS
  • household resources
  • datasets

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