This paper discusses contraceptive use and discontinuation among women in north Vietnam, in the context of a strong culture preference for sons and a stringent two-child population policy. Among a random sample of 1432 married women aged 15-49 in a rural province in north Vietnam in l994, nearly

The relationship between society and nature is an old one. It might be better to say that this relationship is ancient.

THERE is enough evidence to show that often, development policies adopted by governments have widened the disparities amongst sections of people.