Table 1. Distribution of respondents with information about their cognitive status by country and wave of SHARE excluding war years; boom and recession periods in the ten SHARE countries; excluded war years.

Country	Distribution of respondents					Boom and recession periods		Excluded war years
	Total	Percent	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 4	Boom	Recession
Austria	1,512	8.86	693	21	798	1912-13; 1927-30; 1939-44	1915-21; 1933-35; 1945-46	1914-1918; 1939-45
Belgium	2,054	12.03	1,481	61	512	1911-13; 1923-24; 1926-30; 1937; 1939	1917-21; 1932; 1941-46	1914-1918; 1940-45
Denmark	1,044	6.12	655	386	3	1911; 1913-14; 19231929-31; 1935-39	1917-22; 1925; 1940-43; 1945	1940-45
France	2,041	11.96	1,041	196	804	1912-13; 1924-26; 1928-30; 1936-39	1910; 1917-21; 1932; 1941-45	1914-18; 1940-45
Germany	1,187	6.95	942	242	3	1912-13; 1927-29; 1938-44	1915-17; 1919-20; 1923-24; 1931-34; 1946	1914-18; 1939-45
Italy	1,838	10.77	1,103	427	308	1909; 1915-18; 1929; 1937-42	1902; 1904; 1920-24; 1931; 1934; 1944-46	1915-18; 1940-45
Netherlands	1,397	8.18	1,081	179	137	1912-13; 1926-30; 1936-40	1908; 1916-1920; 1934; 1942-46	1940-45
Spain	2,178	12.76	1,272	337	569	1901; 1927-35; 1943-44	1905; 1910; 1917-21; 1936-39; 1941	1936-39
Sweden	2,139	12.53	1,739	371	29	1899; 1907; 1913-16; 1929-30; 1936-39	1905; 1918-19; 1921-22; 1932-33; 1941-45	None
Switzerland	1,680	9.84	504	310	866	1899; 1906; 1910-12; 1925-30; 1946	1903; 1917-22; 1936; 1941-44	None
Total	17,070	100.00	10,511	2,530	4,029

Data source: SHARE waves 1, 2, and 4.