Aspirations and realities of love, marriage and education among Hmong women

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Nguyen, Thi Huong ^a   Oosterhoff, Pauline ^a,b   White, Joanna ^c,d  

^a Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Independent Researcher ^*  (Viet Nam)

^d Centre for Research in Anthropology CRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cultural change; Hmong; love; marriage; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOVE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOVE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859119450     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.626074     Document Type: Article

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