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This entry provides an overview of the China health and retirement longitudinal study, focusing on its value in geropsychology research in China. The entry starts with an introduction on CHARLS Sampling and Implementation including the background, the sampling procedure and design, tracking protocol, data release, and demographics of the respondents. It then describes the contents of the questionnaire, followed by psychologic measurements. This entry is concluded with future plans.
Introduction
China has the largest aging population in the world and also one of the highest aging rates in the world today. It is projected that the proportion of those aged 60 or over will increase from 13% of the population in 2010 (National Bureau of statistics of China 2011) to 33% in 2050 (United Nations 2013), whereas the elderly support ratio (the number of prime-age adults aged 20–59 divided by the number of adults aged 60 or above) will drop from about 4.9:1 in 2010 to...
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This work was supported by the Behavioral and Social Research division of the National Institute on Aging (grant numbers 1-R21-AG031372-01, 1-R01-AG037031-01, and 3-R01AG037031-03S1); the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 70910107022, 71130002 and 71273237); the World Bank (contract numbers 7145915 and 7159234); China Medical Board, and Peking University.
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Chen, X., Smith, J., Strauss, J., Wang, Y., Zhao, Y. (2017). China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). In: Pachana, N.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-082-7_42
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