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

This study is part of the collection SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

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

Axel Börsch-Supan

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.

Cite as:
Börsch-Supan, A. (2019). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 1. Release version: 7.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w1.700

Purpose:

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population ageing in depth.

Subject area:

DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES), general health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Social Sciences, Social and Economic Geography, Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

ageing, population distribution, demography, demographic statistics, vital statistics, ageing population, CORS

Principal organisation:

SHARE ERIC

Accessibility status:

Access to data through an external actor
Data are accessible by order

Homepage:

http://www.share-project.org/home0/wave-1.html

Responsible department/unit:

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

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

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

Axel Börsch-Supan

Identifiers:

SND-ID: EXT 0147

DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w1.700

Alternative title:

SHARE Wave 1

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.

Cite as:
Börsch-Supan, A. (2019). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 1. Release version: 7.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w1.700

Purpose:

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population ageing in depth.

Time period(s) investigated:

2004 — 2006

Geographic spread:

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

Geographic description: 12 European countries (including Israel)

Lowest geographic unit:

Country

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

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

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random

Funding:

European Union

US National Institute on Aging

German Federal Ministry for Education and Research

Subject area:

DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES), general health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Social Sciences, Social and Economic Geography, Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

ageing, population distribution, demography, demographic statistics, vital statistics, ageing population, CORS

Contact person for questions about the data:

Axel Börsch-Supan

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Published: 2015-05-15