Describes the large households, extended kin ties, and cooperation among households that characterize Vietnamese kinship structure. Demonstrates how American housing trends toward smaller units conflict with the social and housing needs of Vietnamese refugee families. (GC)

Describes Indochinese (particularly Vietnamese) concepts of health and disease, views of medicine and medical practitioners, experiences with medical care in their homeland, and how these factors affect their dealings with the American medical system. (GC)

Focuses on how the Vietnamese community of Santa Clara, California, assists its members in adjusting to new occupations. Suggests that successful occupational assimilation is facilitated by the refugees' ability and willingness to identify with their new occupations in the electronics industry. (Author/GC)

Describes a study designed to provide baseline data for longitudinal research of emotional distress, social adjustment, and academic progress among Vietnamese adolescents in Connecticut. Examined sex differences, relationships with American classmates and with parents, English proficiency, acquisition of American cultural traits, and educational…