China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) is the first national, representative, longitudinal survey of junior-high students in China. The baseline survey was conducted in the 2013-2014 school year. The survey applied a multistage sampling method with probabilities proportional to size (PPS), capsulized in the following table. For details, see the linked pdf file.
Stage |
Procedure |
Primary |
Select 28 PSUs from a total of 2,870 counties/districts with PPS |
Secondary |
Select 4 schools from all schools serving 7th and/or 9th grades from each sample county/district with PPS |
Third |
Randomly select 2 classrooms from 7th grade and 2 from 9th grade in each sample school |
Final |
Include all students attending school on the survey date in the selected classrooms |