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China Health and Nutrition Survey 1989-2009

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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 
01/1989 - 12/2009
Series or system 
China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
Summary 

The China Health and Nutrition Survey (HNS) examines the nutritional and health status of the population, and it collected social, economic and demographic data. The survey used a multistage, random cluster process and selected 216 neighborhoods in nine Chinese provinces. While not nationally representative, the provinces selected were chosen to provide significant variation in geography, health indicators, and economic development.  The survey is made up of six components: a household interview, an adult interview, a child interview, a dietary interview, a boy maturation interview, and a community survey. Community survey data came from official records and interviews with neighborhood officials. The adult and child interviews included anthropometric measurements and blood tests. The HNS has occurred every two to four years since 1989.

The Carolina Population Center released this survey data as a longitudinal dataset covering 1989 to 2009.

Keywords 
Abortion, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Antenatal care, Assets, Asthma, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Breastfeeding, Burns, Child anthropometry, Child care, Cholesterol tests, Complete birth history, 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 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, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Abortive outcome
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021