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China Health and Nutrition Survey

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General Info
Provider 
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
China (CHN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
08/1989 - present
Series or system 
China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
Summary 

The Health and Nutrition Survey (HNS) examines the nutritional and health status of the Chinese population, and it collectes social, economic and demographic data. The survey uses a multi-stage, random cluster process and it involves 190 to 216 neighborhoods in 9 provinces. While not nationally representative, the provinces selected are chosen to provide significant variation in geography, health indicators, and economic development.  All surveys include a household interview, a health exam for children and adults, a nutrition survey, and a community survey. The health exams and household surveys took place in the participant's home, while community survey data came from interviews with neighborhood officials.

This longitudinal dataset combines data from all waves of the survey. Microdata on blood tests and birth histories were added in 2009.

Keywords 
Abortion, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Burns, Child anthropometry, Child care, Cholesterol tests, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cough, Crops, DTP vaccines, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diet, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Fatigue, Fever, Fishing, Food expenditures, Glucose tests, Headache, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Heart disease, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Hospitals, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hypertension, IUDs, Immunization, Income, Influenza vaccines, Injectable contraceptives, Injuries, Ischemic heart disease, Livestock, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Measles vaccines, Noncommunicable diseases, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Population density, Pregnancy, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Sexual sterilization, Sleep, Summary birth history, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021