SHARE – Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Wave 5
type: Dataset
description: SHARE - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database. It provides micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of thousands individuals aged 50 or over and their (younger) partners. The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe seeks to analyse the process of population ageing in depth. Copyright © Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) 2015 When using data from this dataset, please cite the dataset as follows: Börsch-Supan, A. (2022). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 5. Release version: 8.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w5.800 Please also cite the following publications in addition to theSHARE acknowledgement: Börsch-Supan, A., T. Kneip, H. Litwin, M. Myck, G. Weber (Eds.) (2015). Ageing in Europe - Supporting Policies for an Inclusive Society. Berlin: De Gruyter. Malter, F. and A. Börsch-Supan (Eds.) (2015). SHARE Wave 5: Innovations & Methodology. Munich: MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Börsch-Supan, A., Brandt, M., Hunkler, C., Kneip, T., Korbmacher, J., Malter, F., Schaan, B., Stuck, S. and Zuber, S. (2013). Data Resource Profile: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). International Journal of Epidemiology DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt088.
alternate name: SHARE Wave 5
conditions of access: https://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC
conditions of access: info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
creative work status: completed
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  term code: COMPLETED
creator: Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
  type: Organization
  department: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
creator: Axel Börsch-Supan
  type: Person
  affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
    type: Organization
    department: Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
  family name: Börsch-Supan
  given name: Axel
date modified: 2025-06-30
date published: 2021-11-03
funding: Grant
  funder: European Union
funding: Grant
  funder: US National Institute on Aging
funding: Grant
  funder: German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
language: English
keywords: DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES)
keywords: General health and well-being
keywords: Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
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  term code: 30301
keywords: Social Sciences
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  term code: 5
keywords: Social and Economic Geography
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  term code: 507
keywords: Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
  type: DefinedTerm
  term code: 50999
keywords: Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
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  term code: 30311
keywords: Epidemiology
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  term code: 30116
keywords: CORS
publisher: SHARE ERIC
spatial coverage: Sweden
spatial coverage: Belgium
spatial coverage: Denmark
spatial coverage: Estonia
spatial coverage: France
spatial coverage: Israel
spatial coverage: Italy
spatial coverage: Luxembourg
spatial coverage: Netherlands
spatial coverage: Switzerland
spatial coverage: Slovenia
spatial coverage: Spain
spatial coverage: Czech Republic
spatial coverage: Germany
spatial coverage: Austria
temporal coverage: 2013/2013
version: 1

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value: 10.6103/SHARE.w5.800

English
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alternate name: eng

DEMOGRAPHY (POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS, AND CENSUSES)
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term code: Demography

General health and well-being
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description: Data on the general well-being or health status of an individual, group or population. May be objectively measured/observed or self-perceived. Well-being includes, for instance, physical and mental capacity or state, as well as social state.
term code: Health.GeneralHealthAndWellbeing

AGEING
type: DefinedTerm
description: A TIME OF TRANSITION FROM MID-LIFE TO LATER LIFE

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE DISTRIBUTION OF A POPULATION AMONG CATEGORIES DEFINED BY AGE, SEX, CIVIL STATUS, LOCATION, OR OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

DEMOGRAPHY
type: DefinedTerm

VITAL STATISTICS
type: DefinedTerm

AGEING POPULATION
type: DefinedTerm
description: AN INCREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE TOTAL POPULATION IN A GIVEN PERIOD

Sweden
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Belgium
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Denmark
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Estonia
type: Place

France
type: Place

Israel
type: Place

Italy
type: Place

Luxembourg
type: Place

Netherlands
type: Place

Switzerland
type: Place

Slovenia
type: Place

Spain
type: Place

Czech Republic
type: Place

Germany
type: Place

Austria
type: Place