CLHNS is an ongoing study of a cohort of Filipino women living in Metro Cebu who gave birth between May 1, 1983, and April 30, 1984. A baseline interview was conducted among 3,327 women during the 6th to 7th month of pregnancy so that all births, including preterm births, could be identified. Subsequent surveys took place immediately after birth, then at bimonthly intervals for 24 months. As of March 2024, index children have been followed through adolescence and into young adulthood until 2007, and the CHLNS is tracking their offspring.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
3,080 (nontwin live births)
3,327 (mothers)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
Infants are a representative sample of births in Metro Cebu in 1983 - 1984
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1983 (mothers)
1984 (babies)
Primary Institutions
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (Academic, United States of America)
Northwestern University (NU) (Academic, United States of America)
Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP) (Third Sector, Philippines)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) (Academic, United States of America)
University of San Carlos (USC) (Academic, Philippines)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (Third Sector, United States of America)
Asian Development Bank (Industry, Philippines)
Carolina Population Center (CPC) (Academic, United States of America)
Family Health International (FHI 360) (Third Sector, United States of America)
Ford Foundation (Third Sector, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected

Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups