Table 1.

Overall Response Rate in SHARE Wave 1 (2004), Working Sample Size and Age Distribution

	Overall Response Rate (%)	Working Sample Size (N)	Weighted* Proportion 50–64 y of Age (%)	Weighted* Mean (SD) Age in 65+ Category (y)
Sweden	50.2	2,050	51.5	75.2 (7.6)
Denmark	63.2	1,572	58.7	74.7 (6.9)
The Netherlands	61.3	2,221	59.3	73.9 (6.4)
Germany	63.4	2,278	50.6	73.8 (6.9)
Austria	58.1	1,829	53.2	74.2 (6.7)
Switzerland	37.6	938	55.2	74.5 (7.2)
France	73.6	1,651	51.5	74.8 (6.9)
Italy	55.1	1,971	48.7	74.2 (6.8)
Spain	53.3	1,762	47.3	75.0 (7.1)
Greece	61.4	1,955	50.4	73.8 (6.9)
All 10 countries	61.8	18,227	50.7	74.3 (6.9)

Notes: SHARE = Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe.

^*Accounting for the primary sampling unit, the strata, and the calibrated individual weight.