Household Economic contribution and Family Relationship – The Changing Family Status of Taiwan’s Women Migrant Wokers from Northern Rural Vietnam

[[abstract]]在經濟全球化的發展之下，越南農村女性為了改善家庭經濟以及給孩子更好的生活環境，選擇了離開家園出國工作。出國工作之前，農村女性們在家鄉的生活是以農業水稻、養殖牲畜以及做小買賣為主，因此她們的角色是家庭經濟貢獻者之一，也是家庭勞動力再生產的負責人。但是，在一個以男性為主的社會中，農村婦女的地位是從屬於男性的。那麼，出國工作之後，成為家庭經濟主要來源，歸國後的農村婦女在家庭裡的權力、地位是否會有改變？將資源論與性別角色意識論結合起來解釋北越農村女性的家庭地位變化，我們將看到，當歸國女性擁有獨立的經濟能力之後，她們在家庭裡的財務管理與決策主導權也隨之增加。[[abstract]]In the development of economic globalization, Vietnamese women from Northern rural areas are often expected to work abroad in order to support their families as well as giving the child a better life. At homeland, women’s essential work is farming, their status in family is subordinate to husband. But, by working abroad and providing the main income in family, women migrant workers have the rights to decide how to use their earns. In that case, will this leads to a new authority and status of women in family structure? Base on the research result of Blood and Wolfe (1960), Rodman (1967) and Safilios-Rothschild (1976), we may discover the changing of family status of women migrant workers from Northern rural Vietnam.[[note]]碩