TTLV: Level of satisfaction with married life: Differences between rural and urban areas in the current urbanization process

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Do Thi Lan                

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 15, 1986

4. Place of birth: Ngoc Trao - Thach Thanh - Thanh Hoa

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1883/2010/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH dated: October 21, 2010 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Marital life satisfaction: Rural-urban differences in the current urbanization process

8. Major: Sociology Code: 60.31.30

9. Scientific instructor:Assoc.Prof.Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh- Head of Family and Gender Sociology Department (Director of the Center for Gender, Population, Environment and Social Issues Research)

10. Summary of thesis results:

- The thesis has described the level of satisfaction with married life: The difference between rural and urban areas in the current urbanization process through measuring the level of self-assessment of satisfaction with career, job, income, spending and living standards of people today.

- In addition, the thesis also researched, identified and analyzed the factors: Gender, age, occupation and education level, how they are related, influenced and impacted on the assessment of the level of satisfaction with economic life of urban people today. It is concluded that the factors of Gender, age, occupation and education level play an important role in assessing the level of satisfaction with career, employment, income and spending.... In which, the factors of gender and education level have a strong impact on the level of satisfaction with married life of rural and urban people today.

- From assessing income trends and assessing the living standards of families, the thesis also analyzes trends and levels of satisfaction with married life of rural and urban people in the coming time.

11. Practical application:

Grasping and correctly assessing the level of satisfaction with the marital life of rural and urban people today contributes significantly to the construction of indicators and indices measuring the happiness level of individuals and families. In order to maintain the positive level of satisfaction of rural and urban people today, our Party and State need to have policies to manage and develop the socio-economy in accordance with the needs and expectations of the people, especially paying special attention to the development of family happiness. This contributes significantly to building stable families and developing according to the strategic goal of building a prosperous and happy family.

12. Further research directions: (if any)

13. Published works related to the thesis: none

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Do Thi Lan 2. Sex: Female 

3. Date of birth: 15 Nov 1986 4. Place of birth: Ngoc Trao Commune, Thach Thanh District, Thanh Hoa province

5. Admission decision number 1883/2010/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH; Dated on 21^stOctober, 2010 of Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Satisfaction levels in married life: The difference between rural and urban areas in the process of urbanization today

8. Major: Sociology 9. Code: 60.31.30

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Professor . Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh - Head of Family and Gender Sociology (Director of Research Center for Gender, Population, Environment and Social Issues)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis describes the level of satisfaction in married life: The difference between rural and urban areas in the process of urbanization today through self assessment on the level of satisfaction the children, health, study, work, marriage, home economics, income children, and expenditure of urban and rural residents today;

- Besides, the thesis explores how occupation and education influence on assessing the level of satisfaction of the married life of the urban and rural residents today. In conclusion, occupation and education play an important role to the satisfaction of the married life of urban and rural population today.

12. Practical applicability:

Assessing the level of satisfaction in married life: The difference between rural and urban areas in the process of urbanization today contributes to build up indicators, indexes for measuring the level of happiness of individuals and families. In order to maintain the positive level of satisfaction with married life, Party and State should develop a management policy and a socio-economic plan that fits to people's needs and expectations on household economic development. This contributes significantly to build up stable and families in accordance with strategic objective aminoing at prosperous and happy families.

13. Further research directions, if any: No

14. Thesis-related publications: No