SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 5

SND-ID: EXT 0201

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

Alternative title

SHARE Wave 5

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) 2015

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 5. Release version: 8.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w5.800

Please also cite the following publications in addition to theSHARE acknowledgement:
Börsch-Supan, A., T. Kneip, H. Litwin, M. Myck, G. Weber (Eds.) (2015). Ageing in Europe - Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Malter, F. and A. Börsch-Supan (Eds.) (2015). SHARE Wave 5: Innovations & Methodology. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
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Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

SHARE ERIC

Responsible department/unit

Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: US National Institute on Aging

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: German Federal Ministry for Education and Research

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: European Union
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

Yes

Sensitive personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Pseudonymised data

Code key exists

Yes

Method and time period

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

Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

2013 – 2013

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Austria

Geographic description: 16 European countries (incl. Israel)

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Publications
Dataset
SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 5

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)

Contact for questions about the data

Published: 2016-03-23
Last updated: 2023-03-07