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General Data Quality Assessment of the CLHLS

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Book cover Healthy Longevity in China

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This chapter provides a comprehensive review of data quality of the third wave of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) in 2002 in terms of proxy use, nonresponse rate, sample attrition, and reliability and validity of major health measures. The results show that the data quality of the 2002 wave of the CLHLS is generally good. Some recommendations in use of the dataset are provided.

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    Danan Gu

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  1. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Zeng Yi

  2. Peking University, Beijing, China

    Zeng Yi

  3. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Dudley L. Poston Jr

  4. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    Denese Ashbaugh Vlosky

  5. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Danan Gu

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Gu, D. (2008). General Data Quality Assessment of the CLHLS. In: Yi, Z., Poston, D.L., Vlosky, D.A., Gu, D. (eds) Healthy Longevity in China. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6752-5_3

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