SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 1

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Citation

Alternative title

SHARE Wave 1

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Axel Börsch-Supan - SHARE ERIC, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Research principal

SHARE ERIC - Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Description

SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population ageing in depth.

Cite as:
Börsch-Supan, A. (2022). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 1. Release version: 8.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w1.800

Data contains personal data

Yes

Sensitive personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Pseudonymised data

Code key exists

Yes

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 50 years or over and their (younger) partners having their regular domicile in the respective SHARE country

Sampling procedure

Time period(s) investigated

2004 – 2006

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Austria

Geographic description: 12 European countries (including Israel)

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: German Federal Ministry for Education and Research

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: European Union

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: US National Institute on Aging
Topic and keywords

Research area

Health care service and management, health policy and services and health economy (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Public health, global health, social medicine and epidemiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social and economic geography (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Social sciences interdisciplinary (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Demography (population, vital statistics, and censuses) (CESSDA Topic Classification)

General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Publications