Abstract
Fishery is one of the most important sectors in Vietnam. Using cumulative logistic models, this chapter identifies determinants of job satisfaction and subjective wellbeing of small-scale fish farmers in Vietnam, and examines the role of earnings from fish production in their happiness. Relative income, not absolute income, from aquaculture raises their job satisfaction. Higher satisfaction is also associated with involvement in extension services, a larger relative pond surface and a higher expectation level on earnings from aquaculture. Happiness of the farmers increases with cash earnings from fish farming and income from wild fish relative to total household income. Fishermen’s life satisfaction improves when their per capita income increases. Older fishermen are more satisfied with their lives in regards to Marine Protected Area (MPA) creation. The fishermen more likely to be satisfied with their lives are older, who have more experience in fishing years and who have more men in their family.
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, N.M.D. (2012). Farmers’ Happiness from Fish Production: A Case Study in Vietnam. In: Selin, H., Davey, G. (eds) Happiness Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: the History of Non-Western Science, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2700-7_12
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