China Family Panel Studies: Survey design and Studies on Living arrangements and Well-being

The China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), launched by Peking University, is a nearly nationwide, comprehensive, longitudinal social survey that is intended to serve research needs on a large variety of social phenomena in contemporary China. In this presentation, Prof. Ren will introduce key characteristics of the survey’s design on how to represent the Chinese population amidst the challenges of large internal migration, and how to balance cross-sectional and panel surveys, and regional differences. Based on his studies using CFPS data, Prof. Ren will demonstrate that CFPS can meet the needs of a wide range of research topics related to household structure. He explores the associations between living arrangements and subjective well-being across different stages of life course for Chinese population, and compares them with data from the USA, Germany and Japan.

Prof. Qiang Ren is an associate professor with tenure and associate director at the Center for Social Research, as well as associate director of the Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University. He holds a Ph.D. in demography from Peking University. In 2003, he received an award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for outstanding contributions to child health, specifically in the area of iodine deficiency control. His research interests include environment and health, population issues on fertility, mortality, labor force dynamics, housing, and the sex ratio at birth. In recent years, his work has primarily focused on the associations between living arrangements and well-being. He is currently working as a co-principal investigator for the China Family Panel Studies.

This event is organized by Dr. Jianghong Li Ph.D.

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