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BCG |
Vaccination to prevent Tuberculosis |
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Body Mass Index (BMI) |
Measure of adult nutritional status calculated by taking the weight (kg) over the height (m) squared. |
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Chronic energy deficiency |
Assessment of adult nutritional status measured by the Body Mass Index. |
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CPRGS |
Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy |
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Doi moi |
Viet Nam's reform programme that led to major changes in modes of production, government institutions and provision of social services and significant improvements in living standards during the 1990s. |
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DPT |
Vaccination to prevent Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus |
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FHH |
Female-headed household. In this analysis headship is self-reported by households as an administrative requirement for implementing the survey and may not represent true decision-making power within a household. |
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Gender |
The social roles of males and females defined in a particular society which may change over time |
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Gender equality |
Equal outcomes for men and women, often used as a proxy to assess gender equity |
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Gender equity |
Fairness to both men and women. This is hard to quantify and is usually measured by measures identifying equal outcomes rather than true equity between sexes |
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Housework |
Household chores such as cooking, cleaning, household repair, etc. Does not directly produce income, but being critical to daily life it may be viewed as "facilitating" the generation of income. |
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Intra-household allocation |
The allocation of resources and benefits among members of a household |
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IUD |
Intra-uterine device (contraceptive method) |
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Living conditions |
The environment in which individuals/households perform their functions as members of the society including basic necessities for survival (food, shelter, health, education) |
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Living levels |
See living standards |
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Living standards |
The extent to which a person, family or group of people can satisfy their material wants |
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MHH |
Male-headed household |
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Poverty |
Poverty is a scarcity of resources needed for a human being to survive in a specific society governed with specific norms and practices |
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Purchasing power |
A measure of the ability to purchase goods or services, usually calculated as per capita household expenditures and often used as a measure of poverty |
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Real wages |
Wages after adjustment for inflation |
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Sex |
The biological characteristics of being male or female |
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Stunting |
A measure of long-term child malnutrition, measured by taking height for a given age and comparing to the height for a given age among a "standard" well-nourished population of the same age |
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VLSS |
Viet Nam Living Standard Survey |
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Vulnerability |
The condition of not being able to adjust to changes that occur in the environment |
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