PROJECT
Topic: Hanoi students’ response towards
Group 8 : ĐẶNG HOÀI NAM NGUYỄN THỊ MỸ PHƯƠNG NGUYỄN THỊ THẢO NGUYÊN
Class : Advanced Accounting – Intake 53
Instructor : M.A Tran Thi Thu Trang
Cohabitation
Hanoi - 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. LITERATURE REVIEW 5 III. METHODOLOGY 11 IV. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 13 1. Hanoi students’ awareness of cohabitation 13 2. Hanoi students’ responses toward cohabitation 20 V. CONCLUSIONS 25 VI. REFERENCES 26 VII. APPENDICES 30
INTRODUCTION
Cohabitation has appeared in Western countries long time ago but in Vietnam, it has appeared from the 90s. Due to the influence from the 1970s sexual revolution in the West and the lack of social knowledge and direction for the future, "cohabitation" status in the youth (including Vietnam) is increasing. According to Vietnam newspapers, especially online newspapers, the term “cohabitation” is a norm of today’s society that the couples reside together without wedding organization or marriage registration. Therefore, compared with the real partners, the relationship between cohabitated couples is not accepted by law and the society, as well as they don’t have to be bounded by any family obligations.
Cohabitation, sometimes called consensual union or de facto marriage, refers to unmarried heterosexual couples living together in an intimate relationship. Cohabitation was created by desire sharing not only physiological requirements but also the couples ' feelings. Furthermore, it can be said that cohabitation assists the couples
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