Dear Roman,
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 in 14 European countries and Israel.
Data collected include social support variables (e.g. assistance within families, transfers of income and assets, social networks, proximity to relatives, volunteer activities, time use), health variables
(e.g. self-reported health, physical functioning, cognitive functioning, health behaviour, use of health care facilities), psychological variables (e.g. psychological health, well-being, life satisfaction), economic variables (current work activity, job characteristics, opportunities to work past retirement age, sources and composition of current income, wealth and consumption, housing, education).
SHARE has been designed after the role models of the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
After a quick and simple registration procedure, scientists can download the SHARE data for no fees. Release 2.0.1 of the SHARE baseline study in 2004 has just been published in July 2007, including generated variables, e.g. on social support and household composition and other features.
See for details the website http://www.share-project.org/.
Good luck with your project!
Dörte
***********************************************************************
Dr. Dörte Naumann
MEA - Mannheim Research Institute
for the Economics of Aging
Building L13,17
University of Mannheim
D-68131 Mannheim
Phone +49(0)621-181-1892
Fax +49(0)621-181-1863
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.mea.uni-mannheim.de/
http://www.share-project.org
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Datum: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:26:05 +0100
Von: Roman Romero-Ortuno <[log in to unmask]>
An: [log in to unmask]
Betreff: Social Networks in Older Persons
Dear List members
Is anyone aware of / has anyone done some research on social networks in older people?
I'd be greatful for any references / materials / comments
Many thanks
Roman Romero-Ortuno
SpR in Geriatric Medicine
----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent through the Ageing in Europe
mailing list.
Please visit the homepage of the ESA Research Network
on Ageing in Europe at http://www.ageing-in-europe.de
----------------------------------------------------------------
--
Dörte Naumann
Stamitzstr. 2
68167 Mannheim
Tel. 0621 1227250
Mobil 0177 4039355
[log in to unmask]
----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent through the Ageing in Europe
mailing list.
Please visit the homepage of the ESA Research Network
on Ageing in Europe at http://www.ageing-in-europe.de
----------------------------------------------------------------
|