Wave 8
Compared to previous waves, wave 8 of SHARE was unique in many ways. While having a smooth start of fieldwork in October 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic started to hit Europe in early 2020. SHARE had to suspend its regular face-to-face interviewing in all 28 participating countries. The implementation of strict epidemiological control measures in nearly all participating countries made it infeasible to continue face-to-face fieldwork. Stopping the survey was particularly urgent considering SHARE’s target population of people aged 50+. SHARE switched the interview mode to telephone interviewing, fielding a special “SHARE Corona” questionnaire in the summer of 2020.
For the English generic version of the coverscreen click here.
Main questionnaire | Showcards | Drop-off questionnaire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | X | X | |
| Austria | X | X | X |
| Belgium (Dutch) | X | X | X |
| Belgium (French) | X | X | X |
| Bulgaria | X | ||
| Croatia | X | X | |
| Cyprus | X | X | |
| Czech Republic | X | X | X |
| Denmark | X | X | X |
| Estonia (Estonian) | X | X | X |
| Estonia (Russian) | X | X | X |
| Finland (Finnish) | X | X | X |
| Finland (Swedish) | X | X | X |
| France | X | X | X |
| Germany | X | X | X |
| Greece | X | X | |
| Hungary | X | X | |
| Israel (Arabic) | X | X | X |
| Israel (Hebrew) | X | X | X |
| Israel (Russian) | X | X | X |
| Italy | X | X | X |
| Latvia (Latvian) | X | X | |
| Latvia (Russian) | X | X | |
| Lithuania | X | X | |
| Luxembourg (French) | X | X | X (A) - X (B) - X (C) |
| Luxembourg (German) | X | X | X (A) - X (B) - X (C) |
| Malta (English) | X | X | |
| Malta (Maltese) | X | X | |
| Netherlands | X | X | |
| Poland | X | X | X |
| Romania | X | X | X |
| Slovak Republic | X | X | |
| Slovenia | X | X | X |
| Spain (Castellano) | X | X | X |
| Spain (Catalan) | X | X | X |
| Sweden | X | X | |
| Switzerland (French) | X | X | X |
| Switzerland (German) | X | X | X |
| Switzerland (Italian) | X | X | X |
