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SHARE-FI - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Finland

Project
01.01.2024 - 31.12.2026
Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies

Funders

Main funder

Recearch Council

Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee funds SHARE-FI consortium during the years 2024–2026.

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Contact persons

Introducing image of the groupSHARE-FI - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Finland

SHARE researchers of the University of Eastern Finland (top left) Ismo Linnosmaa, Leena Forma, Terhi Auvinen, Inna Lisko, Hanna Viirret-Viljamaa and Antti-Jussi Kouvo (on the computer screen). Staff Scientist Tomi Oinas is missing from the photograph.

SHARE-FI

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary research infrastructure that has produced longitudinal data on the health, economy, and social relationships of individuals over 50 across Europe. Currently, 28 countries participate in SHARE’s data collection. SHARE is the only truly comparable dataset for examining the living conditions of older Europeans and their family members, enabling the study of ageing and policy impacts over time.

SHARE data has been collected about every two years since 2004 (data collection wave 1). In 2011, SHARE became the first European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Finland has participated in data collection since 2017 (wave 7), with the Family Federation of Finland coordinating waves 7–10. Starting with wave 11, coordination in Finland will be led by the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Finland (SHARE-FI) Consortium, led at the University of Eastern Finland.

SHARE provides answers to the impacts of population aging. This is especially important for Finland which is one of the fastest-aging populations worldwide. With its extensive, multidisciplinary data foundation, SHARE supports policymakers in addressing socio-economic and public health challenges. SHARE thus has socio-economic and scientific impacts and contributes to improving the living conditions of Europeans. Since its start, SHARE has provided policymakers with reliable, comparable data to support decision-making.

News

  • New publication

    Health, financial and social support resources can help to maintain subjective well-being from the age of fifty until very old age
    New publication
  • SHARE-FI consortium receives funding

    Social scientists at UEF secure funding for a European research infrastructure exploring the living conditions of the ageing population
    SHARE-FI consortium receives funding

Cooperation

SHARE data freely available for researchers

Researchers can use the SHARE data for free. From the SHARE-ERIC webpage you can find more information on the data and its use.

Register data

In Finland, SHARE data can also be linked to specific registry data (Statistics Finland, Finnish Centre for Pensions, and Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). This linkage requires a separate authorization process, which is currently coordinated by the Family Federation of Finland.

Funding

The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee of the Finnish Research Council funds the activities and research of SHARE-FI from 2024 to 2026, enabling data collection for the 11th wave of SHARE in Finland. This funding also helps to make SHARE’s data resources more accessible.

Previously, SHARE data collection in Finland has been funded by the European Commission, the Finnish Centre for Pensions, Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland), Keva, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Svenska Kulturfonden, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.

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