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Data collection for the next, 11th wave of the SHARE project is planned for spring 2027. This wave will include the second collection of cognitive data for the HCAP (Harmonized Cognition Assessment Protocol) project, which we are preparing in collaboration with our American colleagues at the National Health Institutes. In addition, a unique collection of biomarkers will take place in the Czech Republic with the help of RECETOX laboratories at Masaryk University. We will keep you informed about further details.

In September 2025, the SCaC agency completed the data collection for the 10th wave of the SHARE-ERIC project in the Czech Republic. The 10th wave included two important innovations in the SHARE project, namely the neuroSHARE project, which we prepared in collaboration with scientists from the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The aim of the project is the early detection of symptoms of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease using speech, sleep, and smell tests. Once again, we would like to thank all respondents and interviewers for their cooperation. We expect all data from the 10th wave to be available in spring 2026.

The 10th wave of SHARE-ERIC data collection has begun in October and will continue till March 2025. In Wave 10 contains an innovative project neuroSHARE focusing on early detection of Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases. The neuroSHARE project is prepared in cooperation with researchers from the First Faculty of Medicine at the Charles University and the Czech Technical University. The project consists of a speech, sleep and smell tests collected immediately after the main interview. We are very thankful to all respondents and interviewers for their cooperation. More information can be found at websites of SCaC survey agency.

In the 10th wave of the SHARE project in the Czech Republic we introduce a collection of neuromarkers consisting of three tests: a test of smell, speech and a questionnaire on REM sleep quality in cooperation with the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and the Czech Technical University in Prague. For the first time, these tests will be fielded on a large population sample. The goal of the project is early detection of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases as well as depression, their timely detection and treatment. We are planning even more extensive collection of objective data, so-called biomarkers in Wave 11. This project will be carried out in collaboration with the large RECETOX research infrastructure at Masaryk University in Brno.

Data from all countries participating in the 9th wave of the SHARE-ERIC are available for download at https://share-eric.eu/data/data-access, with full documentation https://share-eric.eu/data/data-documentation and other information at https://share-eric.eu/ and http://share.cerge-ei.cz/. Data are in open access in STATA and SPSS formats, with data from national dropoff questionnaire (dropoff, module sharew9_rel9-0-0_dropoff) put together by external researchers cooperating with SHARE-CZ. Data from the HCAP questionnaire will be available in a few weeks.

Field Rehearsal for wave 10 under way in April and May

In April and May 2024 the survey agency SCaC is conducting the Field Rehearsal for wave 10. neuroSHARE, a unique project focusing on the early detection of the Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases is also tested. The neuroSHARE project is prepared in cooperation with researchers from the First Faculty of Medicine at the Charles University and the Czech Technical University. The project consists of a speech, sleep and smell tests collected immediately after the main interview.

In the 10th wave of the SHARE project in the Czech Republic we are planning several important innovations. The Czech team in cooperation with the SCaC survey agency has successfully completed the collection of HCAP (Human Cognitive Ability Protocol) data on cognition in wave 9 and the collection of accelerometry data in wave 8. Wave 10 will focus on the collection of neuromarkers in the neuroSHARE project. It will consist of a test of smell, speech and a questionnaire on REM sleep quality in cooperation with the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University and the Czech Technical University in Prague. We are planning even more extensive collection of objective data, so-called biomarkers in Wave 11. This project will be carried out in collaboration with the large RECETOX research infrastructure at Masaryk University in Brno.

In September 2022, the survey agency SCaC successfully completed the 9th wave of SHARE-ERIC data collection. Two important innovations were a part of the 9th wave: the extensive test of cognitive abilities (the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol) and the interviewer survey. As always, external researchers placed their own questions in the dropoff questionnaire. We are again very thankful to all respondents and interviewers for their cooperation. More information can be found at websites of SCaC survey agency and here.

The 9th wave of SHARE-ERIC data collection continues till the end of summer 2022. The interview is again supplemented by the national dropoff questionnaire and in this wave also by a test of cognitive abilities for some respondents (the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol). Besides the Czech Republic, HCAP is also collected in four other SHARE countries. The fieldwork is done by the SCaC survey agency. All interviewers have completed their vaccination against Covid-19. We are very thankful to all respondents and interviewers for their cooperation. More information can be found at websites of SCaC survey agency and here.

Data from all countries participating in the 8th wave of the SHARE-ERIC project, including data from the special SHARE Covid-19 questionnaire, are available for download at https://share-eric.eu/data/data-access, with full documentation https://share-eric.eu/data/data-documentation , and other information at https://share-eric.eu/ and http://share.cerge-ei.cz/. Data are in open access in STATA and SPSS formats, with data from national dropoff questionnaire (dropoff, module sharew8_rel1-0-0_dropoff) put together by external researchers cooperating with SHARE-CZ. Special questionnaire Covid-CZ collected during the second wave of the pandemic in fall 2020 only in the Czech Republic is in the module sharew8_rel1-0-0_xc.

Collection of the Covid-19 CATI Survey Has Started

A second interview on the Covid-19 epidemic in all SHARE-ERIC countries has started. We would like to ask all respondents for cooperation. In the Czech Republic, it is already a third CATI interview on Covid-19. The collected data will allow researchers to compare the consequences of the epidemic over time, to understand changes in behavior and to evaluate the effectiveness of government policies. More information is on the SCAC survey agencies website.

As in previous waves of the SHARE project, we offer all researchers, and especially students, the opportunity to place their own questions in the drop-off questionnaire in Wave 9 in the Czech Republic. With your help, we will be preparing the next dropoff questionnaire in May and June 2021. All information and contacts can be found here.

Interviewers’ Training for the Spring CATI Telephone Interview about Covid-19

The second special telephone interview (CATI) on Covid-19 epidemic will start in May and June 2021. The interviewers’ training has already started in March and April.

Wave 9 Scheduled for Fall 2021

The 9th wave of SHARE-ERIC will be collected in late fall 2021 and will end in spring 2022. We hope that the interview will be conducted as the usual face-to-face (CAPI) interview.

Special Wave 8 Covid-19 Data Release

Data from special CATI interviews collected in June-August 2020 are released in an open-access regime at https://share-eric.eu/. The SHARE Wave 8 COVID-19 data allow examining in-depth how the risk group of the older individuals is coping with the health-related and socioeconomic impact of COVID-19. The great advantage of these data is the possibility to measure and interpret differences in a cross-country and a longitudinal dimension. The European Commission supports our COVID-19 research project (SHARE-COVID19) with funds provided by Horizon 2020 and the Coronavirus Global Response.

Wave 9 will include Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) study

As one of six countries of SHARE project, the Czech Republic will participate in the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) study in Wave 9 in 2021-22. This study consists of a supplemental in-home 1-hour battery of cognitive tests to about 500 respondents aged 65+ and a 20-minute informant interview for the identification of early onset of cognitive impairment, dementia and the Alzheimer disease. Data will be linked to the main longitudinal SHARE data and will provide an unprecedented opportunity to better understand trends in the incidence and prevalence of dementia in Europe. The HCAP has been already collected in the Health and Retirement Study (USA) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Data collection of the 8th wave successfully completed

On Monday, December 14, 2020, the SCaC survey agency has successfully completed the second Covid19 telephone interview in the Czech Republic. We are grateful to all respondents for their participation. The data will released jointly with the main SHARE data release in 2020.

The SHARE project in the Czech Republic will collect its second Covid19 telephone interview between October and December 2020. The questionnaire will be based on the first telephone interview from June and July. These special questionnaires will allow researchers to analyze the consequences of the first and second waves of the epidemics in the Czech Republic and Europe. The data will be important inputs into epidemiological models and we hope that in this way we will contribute to slow down the spread of the virus and minimize its negative consequences.

More information can be found at the SCaC survey agency and at www.share-project.org.

The data collection will start at the beginning of June in a sub-sample of all SHARE panel respondents in 27 European countries and Israel.

The data collected with this questionnaire will allow examining in depth how the risk group of the older individuals is coping with the health-related and socioeconomic impact of COVID-19. The great advantage of these data will be the possibility to measure and interpret differences in a cross-country and a longitudinal dimension. SHARE participation in a worldwide network of harmonized ageing surveys, permits European and even worldwide comparisons of how well the healthcare and social systems have responded to the pandemic and which lessons should be drawn for the future. Moreover, the use of data from previous waves allows comparing this crisis’ socioeconomic impact with previous hardships, for example the economic crisis in 2008.

Hence, the new SHARE data will enable researchers and policy makers to learn from the crisis management in other countries, linking these new data with what we already know about the life histories of our respondents and thus shed light on whether the already vulnerable have been particularly hit by the crisis, be it health-wise or economically. More information can be found at the SCaC survey agency and at www.share-project.org.

Data collection in Wave 8 temporarily stopped due to the coronavirus

Based on communication with the main coordinator of the SHARE-ERIC project, the data collection of the 8th wave of the SHARE project in the Czech Republic is temporarily stopped as of Wednesday, March 11. There is not a single case of an interviewer or a respondent having symptoms of the disease, it is only a precautionary measure due to our 50+ respondent sample. The fieldwork will be resumed when the health situation permits. We will contact and inform interviewers and respondents together with the SCaC survey agency.

We are collecting data in Wave 8

Since October 2019, data collection of the 8th wave of the SHARE project (seventh wave in the Czech Republic) has been underway. Over 100 interviewers from the SCaC agency are collecting data from around 4,000 panel respondents all across the Czech Republic. We are also recruiting new households to bring the total number of respondents to 5,000. For more information on the course of the data collection and the contact protocol, see the website of the SCaC agency. We are really grateful to all respondents for cooperation and support of the project.

Data from the 7th wave of data collection are available for download from the data server of the SHARE project at www.share-project.org. The data are in the STATA and SPSS format, also compatible with the R statistical software (free). Access to the data is on the main SHARE portal, where all the information on registration and data download can be found. The main portal also contains complete documentation, which is also available on the Czech website.

Field Rehearsal for 8th wave of data collection is underway

In April and May 2019, we started the final field rehearsal of data collection and of the questionnaire and the CAPI computer system for the next wave of SHARE data collection in the Czech Republic. We hereby thank all the respondents for their participation and help. The 8th wave of data collection itself is planned for autumn 2019.

Like in all data collection waves, researchers at Czech academic and scientific workplaces are offered the opportunity to include their own questions in the paper-and-pencil SHARE questionnaire. The so-called dropoff is a national questionnaire answered by respondents after their completion of the main questionnaire. The questions in the dropoff should be aimed at topics important for the Czech Republic that are not covered by the international questionnaire. We are happy to provide this service to Czech researchers free of charge and hope that the offer will lead to the analysis of new topics and formulation of data-based domestic policies. Those interested will find more information here.

In July and August 2018, thorough testing is being conducted of the questionnaire and the CAPI computer system for another wave of SHARE data collection in the Czech Republic. We hereby thank all the respondents for their participation and help. The second, final test will take place in June. The 8th wave of data collection itself is planned for January through June 2019.

The new easySHARE data release for incipient researchers and students is available on the SHARE data portal in a format for the programs STATA, SPSS, and R (free). To use the data, users must register (more information here).

In October 2017, data collection of the 7th wave of the SHARE project (6th wave in the Czech Republic) came to an end. We thank all the respondents and interviewers for help and cooperation. Data from the 7th wave will be available for download in early 2019.

Thanks to a new grant of the SHARE-CZ project, long-term cooperation is starting between the IDEA think-tank at CERGE UK and the scientific team of the SHARE project. The first result is the analysis of the incomes of the elderly by Filip Pertold and on the website of the IDEA project.

Since March 2017, data collection of the 7th wave of the SHARE project (6th wave in the Czech Republic) has been underway. Over 100 interviewers from the SCaC agency are collecting data from more than 4,500 respondents all across the Czech Republic. The interviewers are contacting respondents who participated in the data collection in the previous waves. For more information on the course of the data collection and the contact protocol, see the website of the SCaC agency. We thank all the respondents for cooperation and support of the project. The data collection will continue until September 2017.

Data from the 6th wave of data collection are available for download from the data server of the SHARE project. The data are in the STATA and SPSS format, also compatible with the R statistical software (free). Access to the data is on the main SHARE portal, where all the information on registration and data download can be found. The main portal also contains complete documentation, which is also available on the Czech website.

In February, thorough testing is being conducted of the questionnaire and the CAPI computer system for another wave of SHARE data collection in the Czech Republic. We hereby thank all the respondents for their participation and help. The second, final test will take place in June. The 7th wave of data collection itself is planned for January through June 2017.

The 7th wave of the collection of panel dates (sixth in the Czech Republic) will take place in January through June 2017 on a sample of our existing panel respondents. This wave will be aimed at life history – i.e. information on important events in the lives of individuals in their childhood, adolescence and adulthood, which will make it possible to monitor their later impacts in old age, especially on health, quality of life and socio-economic situation. Because a survey of life history already took place in the third wave in 2008, the respondents who already answered these questions will complete the usual questionnaire. We again expect the participation of external researches in formulating questions for the national paper-and-pencil questionnaire.

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The 11th wave of the SHARE project will take place in spring 2027

Data collection for the 10th wave of the SHARE project has been successfully completed

Wave 10 Data Collection of the SHARE project started

neuroSHARE Project in Wave 10 of the SHARE project

Data from Wave 9 of the SHARE project are available for download

Field Rehearsal for wave 10 under way in April and May

News and innovations in the SHARE project

Fieldwork in Wave 9 Data Collection of the SHARE project successfully completed

Wave 9 Data Collection of the SHARE project has started

Data from Wave 8 of the SHARE project are available for download

Collection of the Covid-19 CATI Survey Has Started

Offer for placing research questions in the SHARE Wave 9 questionnaire in the Czech Republic

Interviewers’ Training for the Spring CATI Telephone Interview about Covid-19

Wave 9 Scheduled for Fall 2021

Special Wave 8 Covid-19 Data Release

Wave 9 will include Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) study

Data collection of the 8th wave successfully completed

SHARE continues its Wave 8 fieldwork with a second telephone interview on Covid19.

SHARE resumes Wave 8 fieldwork via telephone interviews including a special questionnaire

Data collection in Wave 8 temporarily stopped due to the coronavirus

We are collecting data in Wave 8

Data from the 7th wave of the SHARE project (release 7.0.0) for download

Field Rehearsal for 8th wave of data collection is underway

Offer for the inclusion of questions in the paper-and-pencil questionnaire in the 8th wave of SHARE data collection

Testing of data collection for 8th wave of the SHARE project is underway

Data SHARE and easySHARE (release 6.1.1) for download

Data collection of the 7th wave of the SHARE project in the Czech Republic has ended

IDEA for the 2017 election in cooperation with the SHARE-CZ project: Analysis of the incomes of the elderly

Data collection of the 7th wave of the SHARE project currently underway

Data from the 6th wave of the SHARE project (release 6.0.0) for download

Data SHARE and easySHARE (release 6.0.0) for download

Offer for the inclusion of questions in the paper-and-pencil questionnaire in the 7th wave of SHARE data collection

Testing of data collection for another wave of the SHARE project is underway

Preparations made for the 7th wave of data collection of the SHARE project aimed at life history