China Health and Nutrition Survey

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

August, 1989 - present

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 use, Vision loss, Water supply, Weight, Weight change, Abortive outcome

Citation

Contributors

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC)

Publisher

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Suggested citation

Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC). China Health and Nutrition Survey. Chapel Hill, United States: Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.