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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.SHARE continues its Wave 8 fieldwork with a
second telephone interview on Covid19.
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.
SHARE resumes Wave 8 fieldwork via telephone
interviews including a special questionnaire
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's 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 the SHARE project
(release 7.0.0) for download
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).
Accerss 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.
Offer for the inclusion of questions in the paper-and-pencil questionnaire in the 8th wave of SHARE data collection
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.Testing of data collection for 8th wave of the SHARE project is underway
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.
Data SHARE and easySHARE (release 6.1.1) for
download
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). Data collection of the 7th wave of the SHARE project in the Czech Republic has ended
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.