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Cross-National Statistics on the Causes of Death, 1966-1974 (ICPSR 7624)

Released/updated on: 2005-11-04

Geographic coverage: Angola, Wales, East Timor, England, Paraguay, Portugal, Syria, Bahamas, Grenada, Gibralter, Greece, Cayman Islands, Iran, Montserrat, Panama, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Virgin Islands of the United States, Iraq, Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Africa, Seychelles, Belize, Northern Ireland, Anguilla, Canada, Guinea-Bissau, Belgium, Finland, Faroe Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Peru, Germany, Yemen, Puerto Rico, Fiji, Hong Kong, United States, Sao Tome and Principe, Thailand, Equatorial Guinea, Western Samoa, Costa Rica, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Poland, Kuwait, Jordan, Bulgaria, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Cook Islands, Kenya, Switzerland, Spain, French Polynesia, Brunei, Cuba, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Saint Lucia, Israel, San Marino, Australia, Myanmar, Bermuda Islands, Malaysia, North America, Wallis and Futuna, Iceland, Global, Niue, South Korea, Austria, Yugoslavia, Mozambique, El Salvador, Monaco, Luxembourg, Brazil, Guam, Ecuador, Colombia, Hungary, Japan, Europe, Mauritius, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Italy, Honduras, Nauru, Singapore, French Guiana, Egypt, Scotland, American Samoa, Christmas Island, Bolivia, Malta, Cape Verde, Netherlands, Ireland, Martinique, France, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Reunion, Romania, Philippines, Nicaragua, Barbados, Asia, Norway, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Macao, Denmark, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Mexico, Suriname, Pacific Ocean, Greenland, Dominica

Time period: 1966-01-01--1974-01-01

These data are a collection of demographic statistics for the populations of 125 countries or areas throughout the world, prepared by the Statistical Office of the United Nations. The units of analysis are both country and data year. The primary source of data is a set of questionnaires sent monthly and annually to national statistical services and other appropriate government offices. Data include statistics on approximately 50 types of causes of death for the years 1966 through 1974 for males, females, and total populations.

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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) (ICPSR 24981)

Released/updated on: 2009-02-26

Geographic coverage: Europe, Switzerland, Global, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Israel, Slovenia, France, Germany

The Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on the health, socio-economic status, and social and family networks of older adults (aged 50 years and over) throughout Europe. Designed to provide a full picture of the aging process, SHARE collects data on a range of topics including health conditions, physical and cognitive functioning, mental health, life satisfaction, employment, income, education, social networks, and social support mechanisms. The first wave of SHARE data collection occurred in 2004-2005, the second wave in 2006-2007, and the third wave in 2008-2009.

SHARE has been harmonized with the United States HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY (HRS) [ICPSR6854], and the ENGLISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGEING (ELSA) [ICPSR0139].

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The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) -- Israel, 2005-2006 (ICPSR 22160)

Released/updated on: 2008-11-21

Geographic coverage: Israel, Global

Time period: 2005-01-01--2006-01-01

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of individuals aged 50 or over which was designed after the role models of the United States Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

SHARE-Israel was added to the collection during 2005 and 2006 and required a complex adaptation of the SHARE survey instruments for implementation in Israel. In order to access the three major population groups that make up Israeli society, veteran Jewish-Israelis, Arab-Israelis and new immigrants from the former Soviet Union after 1989, it was necessary to translate the CAPI questionnaire and the drop off questionnaire into Hebrew, Arabic and Russian.

Data collected include health variables (e.g., self-reported health, physical functioning, cognitive functioning, health behavior, use of health care facilities), psychological variables (e.g., psychological health, well-being, life satisfaction), economic variables such as (current work activity, job characteristics, opportunities to work past retirement age, sources and composition of current income, wealth and consumption, housing, education), and social support variables (e.g., assistance within families, transfers of income and assets, social networks, volunteer activities).

Two physical performance measures were also employed. The first was grip strength, the respondent's maximum handgrip strength measured by means of a dynamometer. The second physical performance measure was walking speed, which was asked only of persons aged 75 and older. This physical measurement involved asking the respondent to walk a certain distance and measuring the time it took for the respondent to complete the task.

Unique to SHARE-Israel were questions in the drop-off questionnaire regarding trauma. Respondents were asked about difficult life events that they had experienced and the degree to which they were affected by them. The events were drawn from the following areas (1) having personally suffered injury in war, in a terrorist attack, a grave illness or accident, (2) having witnessed injury or death in war, in a terrorist attack, and/or in an accident or crime, (3) having been a victim of crime, abuse, sexual harassment and/or severe economic adversity, (4) having had a close person injured or lost due to war, a terrorist attack, accident or grave illness, (5) loss of spouse and/or offspring, and (6) having provided or received long term care due to functional disability. A separate inventory chronicled respondents' exposure to the Holocaust.

Also included in the drop-off questionnaire were questions regarding pension reform: which addressed respondents' awareness of the legislated delay in the age of eligibility for retirement pension in Israel, (for men, age 67 and for women, age 64). It also inquired about implications of the change in pension age, information regarding personal plans for employment or retirement in light of the change, and sources of income that would be used to bridge the period between retirement and receipt of pension, if early retirement was contemplated. Full details regarding SHARE can be located at the SHARE Web site.