Dealing wi h non- esponse
in he Su ey o Heal h, Ageing and Re i emen (SHARE)
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Tackling and o e coming non- esponse in coho and su ey s udies –a na ional
symposium o esea che s and s akeholde s
S ockholm, 26 No 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17736733 – License: CC-BY-SA
SHARE in a Nu shell
Su ey o Heal h, Ageing and Re i emen in Eu ope
▪Biennial ep esen a i e c oss-na ional household panel su ey o
50+ popula ion in 27 Eu opean coun ies & Is ael
▪S a ed in 2004, Wa e 10 ieldwo k s a ed in 2024 ( ace- o- ace)
▪A ound 616.000 ace- o- ace in e iews wi h o e 160.000
esponden s
▪Two addi ional SHARE Co ona Su eys (2020 and 2021) by phone
▪Ex-an e ha monisa ion –cen alised p ocu emen , ques ionnai e
de elopmen , sampling, da a collec ion ins umen , and da abase
managemen
▪B oad ange o opics (e.g., heal h, economic and li ing condi ions,
social ela ionships) and (objec i e physical) measu es
▪F ee da a access o esea che s: h p://www.sha e-e ic.eu
▪Measu es o educe non- esponse: ad ance le e s, con ac
s a egies, panel ca e (add ess sea ch, lye s, b ochu es,
holiday ca ds), incen i es ( esponden s/in e iewe s)
Response a es - Rec ui men Samples
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No coun y wi h 50% o mo e
(Luxembou g was p e-sc eened)
Why a e esponse a es so low?
A emp ed HHs - Rec ui men Samples
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Fo some coun ies a emp s a e
an issue, bu o many ha is no
he p oblem
Con ac ed HHs - Rec ui men Samples
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Con ac a es a e sligh ly lowe
han a emp s in mos coun ies
Sweden has a con ac ing p oblem
Re usal a es - Rec ui men Samples
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Re usal a es – gi en con ac – a y
subs anially
Ge many has a e usal p oblem
•Expe imen al in e en ions o imp o e ieldwo k ou comes
•Sweden and Ge many o c oss-coun y compa isons
Responden D i en Con ac
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Con ac
ca d
P epaid
incen i e
Join wo k wi h Michael Be gmann, Alexande Schumache (bo h SHARE-DE),
Filip Fo s Connolly, Jenny Olo sson, Gunna Malmbe g (all SHARE-SE)
P elimina y Resul s
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Includes only
in e iews and
e usals!
•Unde s and he whole ieldwo k p ocess!
•Quali a i ely: Talk egula ly o all in ol ed - a leas he su ey agency
•Quan i a i ely: Ge de ailed, imely moni o ing da a
•Find speci ic solu ions o you coun y/s udy!
•Response issues a e he e ogeneous
•In e en ions wo k di e en ly in di e en se ings
→ Mo e compa a i e esea ch is needed
Take-home messages
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