Women mental wellbeing in the adverse context: Evidence from Vietnam

Abstract

Background: Women’s health and wellbeing is of great concern to many developing countries. However, the topic on women mental wellbeing in developing countries is not adequately covered by academic studies. Our study is an endeavor amid the pandemic to investigate Vietnam women’s mental wellbeing and its associations. Methods A questionnaire survey on women including items on WHO-5 wellbeing, OECD wellbeing, demographics, education, and economic background. There were 519 women located in the city and province as Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh, Gia Lai, Lam Dong and Ho Chi Minh City participated in the survey. Correlational analysis was used to the associations between women’s mental wellbeing and other factors. Results Results from our study show statistically significant associations between women mental wellbeing and their marriage status, education, job, wage, age, children, and household appliances. Conclusions We suggest that social and economic policies should be well-coordinated to improve women mental wellbeing amid the adverse context.