| Summary: | China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) examines the
effects of the economic, health, nutrition, and family planning
policies and programs implemented by national and local governments to
see how the social and economic transformation of Chinese society is
affecting the economic, demographic, health and nutritional status of
its population. The impact on socioeconomic, demographic, nutrition,
and health behaviors is identified by changes in community
organizations and programs, as well as by changes in sets of household
and individual economic, demographic and social factors. This cohort
of approximately 17,000 individuals and their 5,000 plus households
has been surveyed over three days with idepth surveys conducted in
1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2006. |
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