Alternative title
SHARE Wave 4
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.
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population ageing in depth.
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. (2022). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 4. Release version: 8.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w4.800
Please also cite the following publications in addition to the SHARE acknowledgement:
- Börsch-Supan A., M. Brandt , H. Litwin and G. Weber (Eds). (2013). Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe: First results from SHARE after the economic crisis. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- Malter, F., Börsch-Supan, A.(Eds.) (2013). SHARE Wave 4: Innovations & Methodology. Munich: MEA, Max
Language
English
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
Data contains personal data
Yes
Sensitive personal data
Yes
Type of personal data
Pseudonymised data
Code key exists
Yes
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
2010 – 2012
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Austria
Geographic description: 16 European countries
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research 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)
Data format / data structure
Numeric
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)