Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Acronym:	SHARE	Start Year:	2002
		End Year:

SUMMARY

Study Summary:	SHARE
Additional Comments:	Sample: 1500 per country. Closely modeled after HRS and ELSA. Current funding for a two-year pre-study that will explore the feasibility of such a multi-country study. The questionnaire is currently designing (2002). Currently, 12 countries are involved.

STUDY DESIGN

Country:	Europe	Physiological Measures	Psychological Measures
Sample Size:	1,500*	Functional Health	Cognitive Abilities
Age Group:	50+	Lifestyle: Physical Activity	Social and Demographic Measures
Gender:	Both	Lifestyle: Nutrition	Health Services Utilization
# Cohorts:		Lifestyle: Other
Total Waves:		Minorities
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CONTACTS

Contact Information:	Dr. Axel Boersch-Supan, Coordinator Mannheim Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim D-68131 Mannheim, GERMANY E-mail 1: axel@boersch-supan.de E-mail 2: abs@econ.uni-mannheim.de
Web Page(s):	Web 1: http://www.share-project.org/ Web 2: http://www.share-project.org/old/index.html?PAGE=members/login.html