CONTINUATION OF REFRESHMENT SAMPLES IN WAVE 9 AFTER THE SUSPENSION OF FIELDWORK IN WAVE 8

Abstract

The aim of the SHARE survey design is to be able to draw inferences about the population of people aged 50 years and older across countries by using probability-based sampling procedures. This general principle was maintained in Wave 9, although the uncertainty associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prevented the drawing of new refreshment samples. Instead, the already drawn and only partly fielded refreshment samples from Wave 8 were carefully cleaned and processed to allow for proper interviewing in Wave 9. In this chapter, we give an overview of the considerations and necessary data preparations to continue data collection of the refreshment samples in Wave 9 that were originally drawn beforehand Wave 8.