This fact sheet presents preliminary findings from the fourth round of the Young Lives survey in Viet Nam in 2013. It focuses on some of the changes that have taken place in key nutrition indicators for the sample children over the eleven years since the first round of data collection in 2002. We find that stunting has fallen among children at the age of 12 (from 33% in 2006 to 20% in 2013), although levels remain high among some disadvantaged groups. The prevalence of underweight (thinness) has also fallen, but with little improvement among the poorest children.

This fact sheet describes the survey methods and sample design of Young Lives in Vietnam. It covers: principles of the Young Lives sampling approach; how the provinces and communities were selected and the sample children identified;  a brief description of the 20 sentinel sites; brief characteristics of the sample children (in 2013); attrition rates; and key topics covered by survey in Round 4.

This fact sheet presents preliminary findings from the fourth round of data collection carried out by Young Lives in Viet Nam in late 2013. It reports on outcomes for the Older Cohort in terms of education, employment and marriage, showing clearly how young people’s opportunities in life are influenced by household wealth level and background circumstances. Almost half of the young people were still in education (16% combining this with work) and a third had left school and started work.