The changing historiographies of laos: A focus on the early period

10.1017/S002246340400013XJournal of Southeast Asian Studies352235-25

The early years of the Lao revolution (1945-49): Between history, myth and experience

South East Asia Research143403-43

Special issue: The politics of history and national identity in contemporary Laos: Introduction

South East Asia Research143333-33

Socio-cultural and economic determinants of contraceptive use in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

There is a lack of detailed information about population issues in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Available estimates are based upon the results of the most recent national census, taken in 1985, and a multi-round survey of a subsample of the population conducted during 1988-91. No contraceptive prevalence survey has ever been undertaken on a large scale. It is clear, however, that with a total fertility rate of 6.7 and an annual population growth rate of 2.9%, fertility in the country is among the highest in the world. Despite resource limitations in the country and the already rapid population growth rate, however, the Lao government has a pronatalist population policy supporting birth spacing, but not fertility limitation. In an attempt to explore the demand for contraceptive services, this article presents the results of household surveys of 4154 currently married women of mean age 30.4 years and their husbands about their actual and ideal family size, their knowledge of contraceptive methods and sources of supplies, and their current and potential use of contraception. The researchers considered the following six indicators to analyze the sociocultural and economic determinants of contraception: place of residence, ethnic group, perception of economic status by the interviewer, years spent at school, possession of items of communication with the modern world, and personal experience. The distribution of these factors is examined with regard to knowledge of the fecund period during the menstrual cycle, knowledge of various contraceptive methods and their source of supply, ideal family size and composition, demand for limitation or spacing of births, ever- and current use of contraception, reasons for non-use or for stopping use, satisfaction with the currently used method, and readiness to pay for contraception.Journal Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

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Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2006-200719-6

Experiencing the State and Negotiating Belonging in Zomia: Pa Koh and Bru-Van Kieu Ethnic Minority Youth in a Lao-Vietnamese Borderland

Geopolitical borders physically demarcate the nation-state. They delimit the territoriality of nations, which Anderson (2006) famously described as ‘imagined communities’. It is the work of states to construct and nurture such imagined communities, first and foremost within its national borders. This is done, among other things, through projects of nationalism which are here understood as efforts ‘to make the political unit, the state (or polity) congruent with the cultural unit, the nation’ (Fox and Miller-Idriss, 2008, p. 536). Such social practices or the absence thereof erect borders but also render borders irrelevant, rather than the physical demarcation of state territory as the quote above illustrates.</p