China Health & Nutrition Survey - 2015

China
East Asia & Pacific

The China Health and Nutrition Survey was designed to examine the effects of the health, nutrition, and family planning policies and programs implemented by national and local governments and to study how the social and economic transformation of Chinese society affects the health and nutritional status of its population.

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2015; 2011; 2009; 2006; 2004; 2000; 1997; 1993; 1991; 1989

Areas Covered: Beijing; Chongqing; Guangxi; Guizhou; Heilongjiang; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Liaoning; Shaanxi; Shandong; Shanghai; Yunnan; Zhejiang

Investigators: Shufa Du (University of North Carolina)

Funders: National Institutes of Health (NIH); University of North Carolina (Carolina Population Center); Ford Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Age range during first survey round.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Family/Household Structure;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

Marriage;

Mental Health;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;