TY - JOUR AU - Quy Thanh, Nguyen AU - Hung, Le Thai AU - Thuy, Tang Thi AU - Anh, Tran Lan AU - Anh, Nguyen Thuy AU - Ha, Le Thi Hoang AU - Lien, Vu Phuong AU - Bich, Nguyen Thi PY - 2020/09/25 TI - The Effects of Education on Vietnamese Youth’s Purposes of Life JF - VNU Journal of Science: Education Research; Vol 36 No 3DO - 10.25073/2588-1159/vnuer.4474 KW - N2 - The main objective of this research was to analyze the relationship between eduation levels of Vietnamse Youth and their puposes of life. We used the data from the School-to-Work Transition Survey-SWTS in 2012-2015. Both descriptive statistics and multinomial logit regression analyses were used for the study. We provide the first evidence that higher levels of education is closely linked with having purpose of non-monetary life purposes, namely contributing to society; a successful career or a happy family. In addtion, such effects tend to increase with higher levels of education. Thus, our research finding implies that better education not only offers economic benefits for educated individuals but also for their family, communities and society. UR - https://js.vnu.edu.vn/ER/article/view/4474