Alternative title
SHARELIFE
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Axel Börsch-Supan - Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, 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)
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.
Copyright © Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) 2012
When using data from this dataset, please cite the dataset as follows:
Börsch-Supan, A. (2019). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 3 – SHARELIFE. Release version: 7.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w3.700
Please also cite the following publications in addition to the SHARE acknowledgement:
- Börsch-Supan, A., M. Brandt, K. Hank and M. Schröder (Eds). (2011). The individual and the welfare state. Life histories in Europe. Heidelberg: Springer.
- Schröder, M. (2011). Retrospective data collection in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. SHARELIFE methodology. Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA).
- Börsch-Supan, A., Brandt, M., Hun
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
SHARE ERIC, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)Identifiers
Data contains personal data
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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
2008–2011
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria
Geographic description: 14 European countries
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
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)
Copyright
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