Information on the thesis "Changes in Family Structure and Function in Vietnamese Villages in the Red River Delta Before and After the Renovation (Case Study of Tam Son Village, Tam Son Commune, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province)" by graduate student Mai Van Huyen, majoring in Sociology.1. Student's Full Name: Mai Van Huyen 2. Gender: Male 3. Date of Birth: November 17, 1974 4. Place of Birth: Nga Tan Commune, Nga Son District, Thanh Hoa Province 5. Decision No. 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated November 2, 2007, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Changes in Family Structure and Function in Vietnamese Villages in the Red River Delta Before and After the Renovation Period (Case Study of Tam Son Village, Tam Son Commune, Tu Son District, Bac Ninh Province) 8. Specialization: Sociology; Code: 60.31.30 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mai Van Hai, Institute of Sociology. 10. Summary of thesis results: Regarding family structure: Compared to the period before 1986, the transformation of family structure in Tam Son has truly taken place. First, the family size has decreased from 4.75 people/family to 3.92 people/family; in which, the number of families with 5 people or fewer has increased, while the number of families with 6 people or more has decreased significantly. The number of two-generation families has also increased, while the number of three-generation families has decreased. Family types are more numerous and diverse in the current period, with the number of families with few relationships (two relationships or fewer) increasing, while the number of families with many relationships (three relationships or more) tends to decrease. Regarding family functions: compared to before 1986, the demand for the number of children and the actual number of children born to each couple in Tam Son have both decreased; However, in the last four years or so, the trend of having more children has returned to the village. Besides that, the economic function of the family has also changed; the family now truly plays the role of a production unit, operating according to the supply and demand laws of the market; the number of occupations has increased, and the purpose of production has changed towards primarily selling to the market. The social role of the family has changed but is still maintained. 11. Practical application: The research results provide additional scientific arguments for managers, especially those in Tam Son, in formulating policies and measures for rural development, including policies on marriage and the role of households in preserving and promoting family values in the context of international economic integration in general, as well as integration between Tam Son and other regions in Vietnam in particular. 12. Future research directions: Family transformation needs to be studied from many aspects, as well as the impacts of these changes on socio-economic life. However, within the framework of a master's thesis, many aspects of family transformation, including structure and function, have not been thoroughly explored. Furthermore, the thesis only compares transformations in two periods (before and after the Doi Moi reforms, with a radius of 25 years), while the period even earlier has not been explored. Therefore, the author plans to develop the thesis further in the direction of: exploring another historical period and analyzing more aspects of family transformation. 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Mai Van Huyen 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of birth: November 17, 1974 4. Place of birth: Nga Son, Thanh Hoa 5. Admission decision number: 2551/2007/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH, Dated November 2, 2007 6. Changes in academic process: No 7. Official thesis title: The changes in structure and function of families in the Red river delta village before and after renovation (case study in Tam Son village, Tam Son Commune, Tu Son town, Bac Ninh province). 8. Major: Sociology 9. Code: 60.31.30 10. Supervisors: Associate Professor Dr. Mai Van Hai 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: This thesis studies the changes in structure and function of family in the village of Tam Son, Tam Son Commune, Tu Son town, Bac Ninh province from the previous period renovation (1986) to date. On family structure: Compared with the period before 1986, the current changes in family structure in Tam Son have actually occurred. First, it is the family size has decreased from 4.75 persons per household to 3.92 persons per household, number of families with five or less increased, while the number of families with 6 people and more dropped sharply. Number of generations in the family also changed; families have two generations encreased, whereas the number of families with three generations down. Currently there are many family types and more diverse than before the 1986 period, however, families have fewer types of relationships (2 or fewer relationships) are increased, in contrast, the type of family with many relationships (between 3 or more relationships) tends to decrease. Family function: Research results show that, present, demand and the number of children born of each couple were reduced compared with before 1986; however, about 4 years recently, when economics of houshold growth, tend to be more son returned in Tam Son. Economic functions of families have also changed, now the family is actually a production unit, but not the production units of traditional patriarchal, self-sufficient, but is an economic unit operating under the laws of economic market oriented; number of career increase and purpose of production transform from self – effective to sell on the market. Socialization function of family has changed but not changed too much compared between two periods. 12. Practical applicability: Research results provide additional scientific foundation for managers, especially managers in the Tam Son commune in formulation of policies and to select measures in order to promote rural development, including policies on marriage, the role of families in preserving and promoting family values in the context of international economic integration in general, as well as integration between Tam Son and other regions of Vietnam in praticular. 13. Further research directions, if any: The changes of family needs to be studied deeply in many aspects, including structure, function and impact of the changes to social and economic... However, in the framework of a graduate thesis, several aspects of family change are not studied. Besides that, the thesis also just compares the changes in two stages (before and after renovation with radius of 25 years), whereas before that period may be explored carefully. Therefore, the authors propose to continue to developt the thesis in two directions: one more stage to learn more and more aspects of family change. 14. Thesis-related publications: None
