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China Health and Nutrition Survey
STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Open Access for Variable Searching. The CHNS project asks that all users register prior to using the data. Registration provides proof of how much the data is used so that the project will continue to be funded. Users who register with the CHNS project receive email notification of updates to existing files and new data availability. Please note that PRI is no longer actively maintaining this data collection due to registration requirements.
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DESCRIPTION: The survey was conducted by an international team of researchers whose backgrounds include nutrition, public health, economics, sociology, Chinese studies, and demography. The survey took place over a 3-day period using a multistage, random cluster process to draw a sample of about 3800 households with a total of 16,000 individuals in nine provinces that vary substantially in geography, economic development, public resources, and health indicators. In addition, detailed community data were collected in surveys of food markets, health facilities, family planning officials, and other social services and community leaders.
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 see how the social and economic transformation of Chinese society is affecting the health and nutritional status of its population. The impact on nutrition and health behaviors and outcomes is gauged by changes in community organizations and programs as well as by changes in sets of household and individual economic, demographic, and social factors.