DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06805.v2
title: Four-County Study of Chinese Local Government and Political Economy, 1990
title: Version 2

description: This survey focuses on the views and behaviors of the mass
 public in China with respect to economic and governmental factors at
 the local countryside level in the post-Mao era. The data were
 collected approximately eight months after the June 1989 conflict in
 Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in
 the household by advanced students from Beijing University. Major
 topics addressed include perceived seriousness of problems such as
 health care, pricing, public order, industrial development, economic
 well-being, consumer behavior, personal problems and how to overcome
 them, perceived local problems, views about leaders and important
 groups, political interest, media behavior, civic competence and
 political reform, and perceptions of injustice. Demographic variables
 include sex, age, ethnicity, education level, occupation, marital
 status, military service, household income, political party
 affiliation, age and number of children, and the number of people in
the household.
description: The data contain a weight variable (M0011) that should be
 used in analyzing the data. The study design called for approximately
 equal sized samples within each county, which varied in population
 size. The weight variable takes into account the resultant unequal
 selection probabilities across the four counties. Each respondent
 within a given county has the same weight. Use of this weight variable
 is appropriate when making descriptive statements about the sample as
a whole.
description: The sampling went through four stages. Four counties were
 selected using nonprobability techniques. Probability procedures were
 used for subsequent sampling. Five townships were initially selected
 in each county and then three villages within each township. These
 units were selected with probability proportionate to size (pps) with
 stratification by income level being introduced at the township
 stage. In addition, each county seat was selected as a
 self-representing area. Within each village, individual respondents
 were drawn from household listings, using interval sampling.
 Approximately the same number of respondents were targeted in each
 village, and roughly equal numbers of respondents were targeted from
each county as well.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Data File
description: Adult population aged 18 and older residing in four
 counties in the People's Republic of China in 1990 who were physically
and mentally able to take part.
description: face-to-face interview(1) The data available for download are not weighted,
 and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (2) To
 protect respondent confidentiality, codes in variables M7002 and M7003
 were blanked by the principal investigator, and the names of the
 counties, townships, and villages corresponding to codes in variables
 M0003, M0004, and M0005 were intentionally omitted. (3) Value labels
 for unknown codes were added in several variables. (4) Several values
 in variables M2084, M3111, M3121, and M3131 were recoded in order to
 conform to the valid values listed in the original documentation. (5)
The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis.