Data Documentation

SHARE Data Documentation Area

In the Data Documentation area you find all documentation files that make SHARE based research as easy as possible.

Release Guides

Download latest Release Guides containing general information on the SHARE database.

Methodology Volumes

Download all SHARE Methodology Volumes and Compliance Profiles.

Questionnaires

Access questionnaires of all waves and all participating countries.

Scales Manual

Overview of all scales and item groups that are included in the questionnaire of Wave 1 to Wave 8 (PDF Download).

Cross-Wave Comparison

Information on cross wave comparisons.

See SHARE´s Data & Documentation Tool: a fast, customizable, easy-to-use web interface for browsing and searching the SHARE (meta)data.

Data & Documentation Tool

SHARE Technical Working Paper Series

The SHARE Technical Working Papers contain additional information on different data aspects.

Please find here some selected SHARE Technical Working Papers:

Survey participation in SHARE, Wave 1-7

SHARE Technical Working Paper No 41

Computing Calibrated Weights in Stata

SHARE Technical Working Paper No 43

Possibilities to deal with unknown vital status in SHARE

SHARE Technical Working Paper No 56

Determinants of Consent in the SHARE Accelerometer Study

SHARE Technical Working Paper No 78

Browse the publications database and see all SHARE Technical Working Papers

SHARE Publications Database

SHARE LATEST DATA RELEASES

Here you can find an overview about the DOI registered datasets.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) system is for identifying content objects and SHARE uses the DOI system to permanently identify its dataset. Each wave and each release is assigned a persistent DOI.

SHARE Waves overview

SHARE latest Data Releases

Dataset

Release

Date

DOI

Wave 1

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w1.800

Wave 2

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w2.800

Wave 3 (SHARELIFE)

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w3.800

Wave 4

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w4.800

Wave 5

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w5.800

Wave 6

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w6.800

Wave 7

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w7.800

Wave 8

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w8.800

Wave 8 COVID-19 Survey

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w8ca.800

Additional Wave 8 COVID-19 Interview date data

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w8caintd.800

Wave 9 COVID-19 Survey

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w9ca.800

Additional Wave 9 COVID-19 Interview date data

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.w9caintd.800

All Waves Coverscreen

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.wXcvr.800

Longitudinal Weights

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.wXweights.800

easySHARE

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.easy.800

SHARE-RV

8.0.0

11th March 2022

10.6103/SHARE.SHARE-RV.800

Job Episodes Panel

8.0.0

10th Feb. 2022

10.6103/SHARE.jep.800

Dutch Mixed Mode Experiment W6

1.0.0

12th Sept 2017

10.6103/SHARE.w6NLmmExp.100

Dutch Mixed Mode Experiment W7

1.0.0

26th June 2020

10.6103/SHARE.w7NLmmExp.100

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