Individual Study / CHARLS

The interviews were performed at the respondents’ home using a face-to-face computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI).

The core questionnaires included sections directed at: demographics, family structure and changes, health status and functioning, general health now and before age 16, physician-diagnosed chronic illnesses, lifestyle and health-related behaviors, subjective expectation of mortality, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, helpers, cognition testing, depression, health vignettes, health care and insurance, work, retirement and pension, income and consumption, and assets.

Measurements of health functioning and performance were also carried. These included anthropometric measurements, lung capacity, grip strength, speed of repeated chair stand, blood pressure, walking speed and balance tests.

Blood was also collected.

The interviews were performed at the respondents’ home using a face-to-face computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI).

The core questionnaires included sections directed at: demographics, family structure and changes, health status and functioning, general health now and before age 16, physician-diagnosed chronic illnesses, lifestyle and health-related behaviors, subjective expectation of mortality, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, helpers, cognition testing, depression, health vignettes, health care and insurance, work, retirement and pension, income and consumption, and assets.

Measurements of health functioning and performance were also carried. These included anthropometric measurements, lung capacity, grip strength, speed of repeated chair stand, blood pressure, walking speed and balance tests.