Documentation

Complete documentation of the SHARE project for all participating countries can be found in English on the official website:

International Portals

Access to international ageing studies (USA, UK, Ireland, China, India, Japan, etc.) with an interactive data explorer and basic calculations:

Interactive browser of data from all SHARE waves:

Each wave includes a set of documents: main questionnaires, showcards, drop-off questionnaires, codebooks, and methodology.

Main Questionnaires – CAPI interviews covering health, social networks, economic status, etc.
Drop-off Questionnaires – written questionnaires with supplementary questions (national modules, experiments)
Showcards – cards used during the interviews
Codebooks – description of variables and categories
Methodology – information on data collection, imputation, weighting, etc.

For direct links, documents, and materials for each wave, please use the documentation archive linked above.