Documentation

SHARE Project Documentation

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

🔗 https://share-eric.eu/data/

International Portals

Gateway to Global Data on Ageing (USC)

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

🔗 https://g2aging.org/

SHARE Data Online Explorer

Interactive browser of data from all SHARE waves:

🔗 https://www.share-datadocutool.org

What Is the Documentation For?

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.

Subsections of Documentation

Questionnaires

SHARE Documentation for Each Wave of Data Collection

Harmonized Questionnaires

A complete overview of harmonized questionnaires (CAPI coverscreen, main CAPI questionnaire, Showcards, Vignettes, End-of-life questionnaire) for all participating countries and in all language versions is available at official project website

Wave 10

Preliminary version

neuroSHARE questionnaire: CZ | EN
neuroSHARE Showcards: CZ | EN
neuroSHARE Speech App: CZ | EN

neuroSHARE Protocol CZ | EN

Wave 9

Coverscreen: EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN

Drop-off was randomized in two information versions on pensions:
Drop-off in CZ with information: CZ | EN
Drop-off in CZ without information: CZ | EN

Questionnaire CATI Covid-19 Wave 2 of data collection in summer 2021: CZ | EN

Wave 8

Coverscreen: EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN
Module flow: EN

Drop-off in CZ: CZ | EN
Akcelerometer card for respondent: CZ
Akcelerometer brochure: CZ

Questionnaire CATI Covid-19:

CATI-CZ June-August 2020 CZ | EN
CATI-CZ October-December 2020 CZ | EN

Questionnaire CATI Covid-19 in the Czech Republic:

CATI-CZ spring 2020 CZ | EN
CATI-CZ autumn 2020 CZ | EN
CATI-CZ spring 2021 CZ | EN

Release guide CATI1
Release guide

Wave 7 with SHARELIFE life history questionnaire

Coverscreen: EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN
Drop-off for non-retired respondents: CZ | EN
Drop-off for retired respondents: CZ | EN

Codebook Codebook drop-off Codebook generated variables

Release guide  Methodology Compliance profile 

Wave 6

Coverscreen: EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN
Drop-off: CZ | EN

Codebook Codebook drop-off Codebook generated variables

Release guide Scale and Multi Item Indicators
Calibrated weights

Wave 5

Coverscreen: CZ | EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN

Drop-off for non-retired respondents: CZ | EN
Drop-off for retired respondents: CZ | EN

Codebook Codebook drop-off Codebook generated variables

Release guide Compliance profile

Wave 4

Coverscreen: CZ | EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN
Showcards: CZ | EN

Drop-off: CZ | EN

Release guide Methodology

Codebook Codebook drop-off [Codebook generated variables] (/pdfs/codebooks/SHARE_Wave2010_Codebook_CZ_gv.txt)

Wave 3 with SHARELIFE life history questionnaire

Coverscreen: CZ
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN

Release guide SHARELIFE Methodology

Codebook Codebook generated variables

Wave 2

Coverscreen: CZ | EN
Main questionnaire: CZ | EN

Drop-off CZ A | EN
Drop-off CZ B | EN
Drop-off CZ C | EN

Release quide
Imputations Methodology

Codebook CZ Codebook CZ generated variables Codebook CZ cover screen

Wave 1 (without participation of the Czech Republic)

Cover screen: EN
Main questionnaire: EN

Codebook STATA

🔧 STATA do-files for codebooks are available here