Maternal Social Capital and Child Health in Vietnam

In Vietnam there is growing concern about the potential social impact of rapid economic changes.
The extent and type of social connectedness, or social capital, may be changing. Studies from other
developing countries have demonstrated that social capital is often independently associated with
various indicators of well-being, including some aspects of human capital (health and education status).
In Vietnam there has only been one previous quantitative study of social capital and this did not
consider associations with well-being. The Young Lives project in Vietnam allows the examination of
the relationship between maternal social capital and child well-being. With a sample of 1,953 mothers
of one-year-olds and 954 mothers of eight-year-olds across five provinces, this study examines whether
maternal social capital is associated with child health.

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