Methodology Volumes

Methodology Volumes

SHARE´s Methodology Volumes contain detailed information on single survey waves and corresponding methodological background.

They are available for pdf-download here:

Wave 1 and Wave 2 Data:

Börsch-Supan, A. and Jürges, H. (Eds.). (2005). The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe – Methodology. Mannheim: MEA.

SHARELIFE (Wave 3):

Schröder, M. (2011). Retrospective Data Collection in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. SHARELIFE Methodology. Mannheim: MEA.

Wave 4 Data:

Malter, F. and Börsch-Supan, A.(Eds.)(2013). SHARE Wave 4: Innovations & Methodology. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Malter, F. and Börsch-Supan, A. (2013). SHARE Compliance Profiles – Wave 4. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Wave 5 Data:

Malter, F. and Börsch-Supan, A. (2014). SHARE Compliance Profiles – Wave 5. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Malter, F. and Börsch-Supan, A. (Eds.) (2015). SHARE Wave 5: Innovations & Methodology. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Wave 6 Data:

Malter, F. and A. Börsch-Supan (Eds.) (2017). SHARE Wave 6: Panel innovations and collecting Dried Blood Spots. Munich: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA).

Malter, F.; Schuller, K. and Börsch-Supan, A. (2016). SHARE Compliance Profiles – Wave 6. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Wave 7 Data:

Bergmann, M., A. Scherpenzeel and A. Börsch-Supan (Eds.) (2019). SHARE Wave 7 Methodology: Panel Innovations and Life Histories. Munich: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA).

Malter, F.; Schuller, K. and Börsch-Supan, A. (2018). SHARE Compliance Profiles – Wave 7. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Wave 8 Data:

Bergmann, M. and A. Börsch-Supan (Eds.) (2021). SHARE Wave 8 Methodology: Collecting Cross-National Survey Data in Times of COVID-19. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Schuller, K., Lasson, S., Sand, G., Bergmann, M., Pflüger, S., Hannemann, T., Börsch-Supan, A. (2021). SHARE Compliance Profiles – Wave 8. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

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