CHARLS Harmonised Study
The original databases are from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) (https://charls.pku.edu.cn/en/).
**Acknowledgement:**
The CHARLS study has received critical support from Behavioral and Social Research division of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health in the United States (grant numbers 1-R21-AG031372-01, 1-R21-AG033675-01A1, 1-R01-AG037031-01 and 1-R01-AG037031-03S1), the Management Science Division of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 70773002, 70910107022, 71130002), Beijing Representative Office of the World Bank (contract number 7145915) and Knowledge for Change Program of the World Bank Group (contract number 7159234).
**References:**
* Zhao Y, Hu Y, Smith JP, Strauss J, Yang G. Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;43(1):61-68.
Harmonization Study Design
A harmonised dataset can be created for each wave and population according to the ATHLOS DataSchema and the harmonisation codes located on Github:
DataSchema: https://athlos.pssjd.org/ws/file-dl/network/athlos/DataSchema_ATHLOS.xlsx
Harmonisation codes: https://github.com/athlosproject/athlos-project.github.io/tree/master/CHARLS
Please contact us if anyone is interested in harmonising CHARLS study data via the ATHLOS DataSchema.
CHARLS population
Nationally representative sample of Chinese residents ages 45 and older and their spouses.