This paper explores children’s accounts of violence at home in Viet Nam, and the ways in which factors at the individual, family, community and society levels affect their experiences of violence. The paper analyses cross-sectional survey data and qualitative data gathered from Young Lives; it explores what children know about violence, how they experience it, what they think drives violence at home, what they perceive the consequences to be, and finally, the support they find effective in addressing violence.

In recent years, development economists have found that childhood living conditions are an important determinant of later-life outcomes such as health, income or human capital. When it comes to the childhood formation of non-cognitive skills and preferences, however, research is still in the early stages.

This 'reciprocity' booklet is a thank you to the 12,000 children and young people and their families who have participated in the Young Lives study over the last 15 years.

It has been written for the Young Lives participants to explain the history and objectives of the research study, and the impact the study has had on affecting policies that addresses child poverty in each of the four study countries. It has been translated into six languages.