The China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) is a nationwide sampling survey project conducted by the China Household Finance Survey and Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Center"), which aims to collect relevant information on the micro-level of household finance. The main contents include: demographic characteristics and employment, assets and liabilities, income and consumption, social security and insurance, and subjective attitudes, etc., and provide a comprehensive and detailed portrayal of household economic and financial behaviors.
The CHFS baseline survey began in 2011. So far, five rounds of nationwide sampling survey projects have been successfully implemented in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, and the sixth round of surveys in 2021 is still in progress. CHFS's latest public fifth round of survey data in 2019 covers 29 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), 343 districts and counties, 1,360 village (neighborhood) committees, and a sample size of 34,643 households. The data is representative of the whole country and the province.
In China, research on family finance has just started, and the center's results fill the gap in academic research and current situation of Chinese family finance. Its significance has gone beyond the academic community and has produced extensive and positive social benefits. In terms of academics, the data released by the center has aroused great interest in the academic community, and a series of research results have emerged. With the in-depth construction of the database, more researchers will participate in the study of family finance. In terms of social benefits, the center actively participates in the research and discussion of major policy issues in China, and has in-depth research and exploration in many major macroeconomic policies in China, such as real estate market regulation, income distribution and economic transformation, and urbanization issues.
CnOpenData has obtained the authorization from the China Household Finance Survey and Research Center to include the China Household Finance Survey Data in the public data section for easy browsing by scholars. Please go to the CHFS Data Platform to download the data.
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Database Application Guide
Reprinted: CHFS Data Usage Notice - How Much Do You Know About Data Infringement
Reprinted: Stata: CHFS China Household Finance Survey Database Cleaning and Processing
References
Users should include the following statement or similar statement in any Chinese research results based on the China Household Finance Survey data: The data used in this study comes from the "China Household Finance Survey" project (CHFS) organized and managed by the China Household Finance Survey and Research Center of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. At the same time, one or more of the following documents are cited:
- (1) Gan Li, Wu Yu, He Qing, He Xin, Yi Daichun. Research on Chinese Household Finance, 2016, Chengdu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Press, 2019.
- (2) Gan Li, Yin Zhichao, Tan Jijun. China Household Finance Survey Report, 2014, Chengdu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Press, 2015.
- (3) Gan Li, Yin Zhichao, Jia Nan, Xu Shu, Ma Shuang. China Household Finance Survey Report, 2012, Chengdu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Press, 2012.
- (4) Gan Li, Yin Zhichao, Jia Nan, Xu Shu, Ma Shuang. Analysis of Chinese Household Asset Status and Housing Demand, Financial Research, 2013(04): 1-14.
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