National Sinosurvey - China 2001

Socio-economic and demographic questions

Topics: dwelling; facilities of the dwelling; (e.g. electricity, running water, indoor toilet, telephone, mobile phone, radio, TV, internet access); household expenditure in several expenditure areas (food and beverages, clothing and footwear, housing, energy, water, household goods / durables, medicine and medical services, communication and transport, cultural, educational and leisure expenses, other commodities and services, insurance, savings); income sources; monthly net household income; possessions (e.g. air conditioner, bank account, bicycle, car, carpet, farm machinery, animals for work or food production, soft bed, woolen blanket, etc.)

Demography: sex; age; marital status; household size and household composition: number of persons aged 15 years and over, number and age of children in the household (0-3, 4-7 and 8-14 years); no children in the household; main breadwinner; highest level of education of the respondent and the breadwinner; current employment status, industry and occupation of the respondent and the breadwinner; mother tongue; other language(s); self-assessment of language-skills in English; instruction and payment of other people; judgement on household’s standard of living.

Additionally coded was: questionnaire ID; region; province; urban or rural neighborhood; weight.