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Title: Chinese general social survey, 2003

Series title: Chinese general social survey, 2003

Principal investigator(s): Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Survey Research Center

Producer: Renmin University of China. National Survey Research Center

Date of creation: 2006-04-22

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Date of distribution: 2007-02

Access conditions/restrictions: University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research and teaching only.

Summary: The China GSS is an annual or biannual questionnaire survey of China’s urban and rural households aiming to monitor systematically the changing relationship between social structure and quality of life in urban and rural China.

The objectives of the China GSS are: (1) to gather longitudinal data on social trends; (2) to address issues of theoretical and practical significance; and (3) to serve as a global resource for the international scholarly community.

The China GSS is to serve three groups of people: (1) Social science researchers and students of China, (2) Comparative social scientists who treat China as a point of comparison; and (3) Policy researchers in China, Hong Kong, and elsewhere who would use the data for various policy designs and evaluations in regard to China. The China GSS data [are] a major public good that will be a global resource for the international scholarly community.

Includes: labour force activity, demographic variables, household size and composition, ethnicity of R and parents, mobility, dwelling, income, expenditures and facilities, education, military service, etc.

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Geographic coverage: China, People's Republic of

Time period: 2003

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Date(s) of collection: 2003

Universe: population 18 to 69 years of age

Data type: anonymized microdata

Sample: multi-stage stratified sample

Unit of observation: household

Mode of data collection: interview

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Extent of file: 1 data file (1,000 logical records) & accompanying documentation (5 pdf files)