Wave 2

WAVE 2

Release 9.0.0
Date 28th March 2024
DOI 10.6103/SHARE.w2.900

Citation:

When using data from this dataset, please cite the dataset as follows:

SHARE-ERIC (2024). Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Wave 2. Release version: 9.0.0. SHARE-ERIC. Data set. DOI: 10.6103/SHARE.w2.900


Please also cite the following publications in addition to the SHARE acknowledgement:

Introduction:

With the release of Wave 2, SHARE went into its longitudinal dimension, with new possibilities for data analysis when exploring variation of the same people over time. While the focus has been on re-contacting respondents from the first wave, a “refresher” sample was also drawn in all first wave countries except Austria and the Flemish part of Belgium. For the refresher sample the same sampling methods were used as in wave 1, only cohorts born in 1955 and 1956 were oversampled to keep the sample representative of the population 50 years old and older.

The SHARE 2006 main questionnaire consists of 22 modules. In addition an ‘End of Life’ interview was conducted for deceased respondents. All data are collected via face-to-face, computer-aided personal interviews (CAPI), supplemented by self-completion paper and pencil questionnaires.

Two 'new' EU member states - the Czech Republic and Poland - as well as Ireland joined SHARE in 2006 and participated in the second wave of data collection in 2006-07. Israel joined in 2009-2010.

SHARE Release Guide

9.0.0

Please find information on old releases below:

Dataset
Release
Date
DOI
Wave 2
7.1.0
26th June 2020
10.6103/SHARE.w2.710
Wave 2
7.0.0
3rd April 2019
10.6103/SHARE.w2.700
Wave 2
6.1.1
19th June 2018
10.6103/SHARE.w2.611
Wave 2
6.1.0
29th March 2018
10.6103/SHARE.w2.610
Wave 2
6.0.0
31st Mar 2017
10.6103/SHARE.w2.600
Wave 2
5.0.0
10th May 2016
10.6103/SHARE.w2.500
Wave 2
2.6.0
29th Nov 2013
10.6103/SHARE.w2.260
Wave 2
2.5.0
24th May 2011
10.6103/SHARE.w2.250
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