The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - Methodology

Chapter 1 (Axel Börsch-Supan): Introduction

Chapter 2 (Axel Börsch-Supan and Marie-Louise Kemperman): The SHARE Development Process

Chapter 3 (Marcel Das, Corrie Vis, and Bas Weerman): Developing the Survey Instruments for SHARE

Chapter 4 (Janet Harkness): SHARE Translation Procedures and Translation Assessment

Chapter 5 (Anders Klevmarken, Patrik Hesselius, and Bengt Swensson): The SHARE Sampling Procedures and Calibrated Designs Weights

Chapter 6 (Kirsten H. Alcser and Grant Benson): The SHARE Train-the-Trainer Program

Chapter 7 (Guiseppe de Luca and Oliver Lipps): Fieldwork and Survey Management in SHARE

Chapter 8 (Hendrik Jürges): Interview, Module, and Question Length in SHARE

Chapter 9 (Guiseppe de Luca and Franco Peracchi): Survey Participation in the First Wave of SHARE

Chapter 10 (Agar Brugiavini, Enrica Croda, Omar Paccagnella, Roberta Rainato, and Guglielmo Weber): Generated Income Variables in SHARE Release 1

Chapter 11 (Dimitrios Christelis, Tullio Jappelli, and Mario Padula): Generated Asset Variables in SHARE Release 1

Chapter 12 (Adriaan Kalwij and Arthur van Soest): Item Non-Response and Alternative Imputation Procedures

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