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China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

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The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) aims to collect a high quality nationally representative sample of Chinese residents ages 45 and older to serve the needs of scientific research on the elderly. The baseline national wave of CHARLS is being fielded in 2011 and includes about 10,000 households and 17,500 individuals in 150 counties/districts and 450 villages/resident committees. The individuals will be followed up every two years. CHARLS adopts multistage stratified PPS sampling. As an innovation of CHARLS, a software package (CHARLS-Gis) is being created to make village sampling frames.

 

CHARLS is based on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and related aging surveys such as the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) and the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The pilot survey of CHARLS was conducted in two provinces (Gansu and Zhejiang) in 2008 and collected data from 48 communities/villages in 16 counties/districts, covering 2,685 individuals living in 1,570 households. The response rate of the pilot survey was 85%.

 

The CHARLS questionnaire includes the following modules: demographics, family structure/transfer, health status and functioning, biomarkers, health care and insurance, work, retirement and pension, income and consumption, assets (individual and household), and community level information.

 

CHARLS has received critical support from Peking University, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Behavioral and Social Research Division of the NIA and the World Bank.

 

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Survey of Healthy Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

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The Survey of Healthy Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a research infrastructure for studying the effects of health, social, economic and environmental policies over the life-course of European citizens and beyond. The SHARE contains various types of data, including data of participants’ health status, economic status, social status, psychological status, lifestyle, and biomarker. The study is led by the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), which is part of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Germany, and funded by the European Commission and NIA. 

 

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The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

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The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of more than 20,000 people over the age of 50 in America. This study has collected data including information about health status, chronic conditions, cognitive function, financial conditions, employment history, retirement, and social factors. It has been widely used not only by academic research studying aging but also by advocacy support groups and policymaker agencies. The study has been conducted by the University of Michigan since 1992 and is supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIH) and the Social Security Administration. 

 

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