Documentation of Wave 1 and Wave 2 Data:

• SHARE Release Guide 2.5.0, Wave 1 and Wave 2
• Imputations of Missing Data in Waves 1 and 2 of SHARE
• Börsch-Supan, A. and H. Jürges (Eds.). (2005). The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe – Methodology. Mannheim: MEA.

Documentation of SHARELIFE (Wave 3):

• SHARELIFE Release Guide 1

• Schröder, M. (2011). Retrospective Data Collection in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. SHARELIFE Methodology. Mannheim: MEA.

RAND Survey Meta Data Repository

A resource  that facilitates the use and harmonization of the different datasets of HRS and sister studies in other countries has been developed with support of the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (RC2 AG036619-01 and R01 AG030153).