About this episode
Bella Struminskaya discusses the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and its significance in understanding older Europeans' lives.
In this episode of the ODISSEI podcast, we’re joined by Bella Struminskaya to dive into the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Bella explains what SHARE is, why it was created, and the vital role it plays in understanding the lives of older Europeans. We’ll explore the history of SHARE, what makes this study so valuable for researchers and policymakers, and the challenges it faces moving forward. We also discuss how ODISSEI supports SHARE, and how it connects to other data infrastructures like LISS, CBS microdata, and more. Affiliations: Bella Struminskaya – Associate Professor at the Department of Methodology & Statistics, Utrecht University. She is a country team lead for the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE ERIC) Dr. Tom Emery – Executive Director of ODISSEI , the Dutch National Infrastructure for Social Science; Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Sociology of Erasmus University, Rotterdam Useful links: https://share-eric.eu/
People in this episode
Host: Tom Emery
Guest: Bella Struminskaya
Topics covered
- Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
- SHARE
- older Europeans
- data infrastructures
Keywords
- health
- ageing
- retirement
- research
- policy
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, ODISSEI
Places: Rotterdam
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