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7.5. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INNOVATION

SHARE-HU (SURVEY OF HEALTH, AGEING AND RETIREMENT IN EUROPE) NETWORK
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP

Presentation of the RI group
The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary, biannual follow-up research
covering all Europe. The project surveys a representative sample of the 50+ population on issues such as health, em-
ployment, income, financial situation and social relations. SHARE survey data provide a unique basis for international
comparisons on topics related to aging. Since 2004 SHARE has reached 120,000 persons aged more than 50 years in
Europe, who gave altogether more than 297,000 interviews over the years. Hungary was involved in SHARE surveys
in 2011 and 2017. SHARE data are available to researchers free of charge subject to a declaration of confidentiality.
The 2017 survey was a retrospective one, giving an insight into the current financial and social situation of the 50+
population, as well as into the path leading there (childhood health, labour market story, social relationships).

SHARE data enable multidisciplinary research, and provide considerable information for public decision-making, in-
cluding in the following questions: What are the causal relationships between health and socio-economic status? Can
these relations be influenced by welfare benefits and health policy? How does the increase of the retirement age influence
the mental and physical health of the population? How do intergenerational relationships change in a changing soci-
ety?

National coordinator of the RI group: Background information
HAS Centre for Economic and Regional Studies MTA KRTK plays a prominent role in the field of economic re-
search in Hungary. As the professional coordinator of SHARE, it
Contact: Anikó Bíró primarily develops the content of the questionnaire, ensures the
Email: biro.aniko@krtk.mta.hu high professional quality of data collection, and cooperates with
Website: www.krtk.mta.hu international SHARE partners. So far, the surveys were performed
by Tárki Zrt in Hungary. The group is professionally coordinated
Partners: MTA KRTK; Tárki Social Research Institute Ltd. by Anikó Bíró (research fellow at MTA KRTK Institute of Eco-
nomics), whose research focuses on the economics of health and
Further institutions using the SHARE database: BCE; BME; DE; CEU; aging.
KSH Hungarian Demographic Research Institute; PTE; SE; SZTE
Aim of the RI group
ESFRI connection: SHARE-ERIC The group aims to biennially implement the SHARE surveys in
Hungary, and to expand the scope of the database users. The group
Status of the RI group: under implementation also plans to link Hungarian SHARE data to administrative data.
Due to the panel nature of the SHARE sample, future surveys can
provide more insight into the changes of the health, economic and
social situation of the population over 50 years, as well as into the
relevant key influencing factors. The group intends to raise aware-
ness of the SHARE database in universities and research institu-
tions, emphasising its potential in economic and sociological
research on aging.

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