United Nations Population Fund Vietnam (UNFPA) - Baseline Survey on Imbalanced Sex Ratio at Birth - 2012

Project Description:

This baseline study was part of UNFPA commitment to support the Government of Vietnam (GoV) in addressing the problem of imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB). UNFPA is forming an intervention model to be piloted in Hai Duong province with an aim to provide adequate and well directed support for the GoV in combating rising SRB imbalance.

This baseline study was designed and conducted in Hai Duong province to measure the actual situation of sex ratio at birth in the province, identify gender roles and cultural perceptions of gender that drive SRB imbalance in Vietnam, review the awareness to SRB imbalance as well as the effectiveness of past/current interventions, and recommend detailed interventions as well as set up baseline data for measuring the project effectiveness and cost effectiveness analysis of the intervention model on SRB by the end of 2015 and 2016.