International Journal of Epidemiology· 2013Q1
Data Resource Profile: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
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The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a comprehensive panel database offering microdata on health, socio-economic status, and social networks for individuals over 50 across the EU and Israel.
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Key points
- Collects microdata on health, socio-economic status, and social networks for individuals over 50.
- Includes three panel waves (2004, 2006, 2010) and retrospective life histories (SHARELIFE).
- Over 150,000 interviews conducted, with six more waves planned until 2024.
- Data is harmonized with US HRS and English ELSA, enabling international comparisons.
- Available free of charge to the scientific community.
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Abstract
SHARE is a unique panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks covering most of the European Union and Israel. To date, SHARE has collected three panel waves (2004, 2006, 2010) of current living circumstances and retrospective life histories (2008, SHARELIFE); 6 additional waves are planned until 2024. The more than 150 000 interviews give a broad picture of life after the age of 50 years, measuring physical and mental health, economic and non-economic activities, income and wealth, transfers of time and money within and outside the family as well as life satisfaction and well-being. The data are available to the scientific community free of charge at www.share-project.org after registration. SHARE is harmonized with the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and has become a role model for several ageing surveys worldwide. SHARE's scientific power is based on its panel design that grasps the dynamic character of the ageing process, its multidisciplinary approach that delivers the full picture of individual and societal ageing, and its cross-nationally ex-ante harmonized design that permits international comparisons of health, economic and social outcomes in Europe and the USA.
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