Table 1.
Consecutive Biennial Interview Sample Characteristics for Studies Within the Family of Health and Retirement Study (HRS), Unweighted
| Survey | Country | Individuals | Women (%) | Birth Cohort (%)a | Number of Set of Consecutive Biennial Interviews Completed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1929 | 1930–1939 | 1940–1949 | 1950–1959 | 1960–1969 | Maximum | Mean | ||||
| HRS | United States | 28 641 | 57.4 | 16.4 | 25.8 | 24.0 | 29.4 | 4.4 | 8 | 4.8 |
| MHAS | Mexico | 19 044 | 57.2 | 9.9 | 20.4 | 33.3 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 2 | 1.4 |
| ELSA | England | 14 955 | 55.1 | 12.4 | 22.6 | 31.6 | 27.1 | 6.3 | 7 | 4.0 |
| SHARE | Austria | 4958 | 57.6 | 8.0 | 20.5 | 34.9 | 30.0 | 6.6 | 4 | 2.2 |
| Belgium | 7155 | 55.0 | 9.0 | 18.2 | 27.4 | 33.0 | 12.4 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Croatia | 2009 | 56.4 | 1.9 | 11.7 | 28.9 | 40.1 | 17.4 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Czechia | 5483 | 59.0 | 4.1 | 18.7 | 38.3 | 33.1 | 5.9 | 3 | 2.3 | |
| Denmark | 4378 | 54.4 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 33.0 | 15.6 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Estonia | 6506 | 59.9 | 5.9 | 23.5 | 29.4 | 29.9 | 11.3 | 3 | 2.3 | |
| France | 5636 | 57.0 | 10.7 | 20.3 | 28.0 | 32.5 | 8.5 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Germany | 5423 | 53.1 | 6.2 | 19.4 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 12.9 | 4 | 2.0 | |
| Greece | 3989 | 57.8 | 8.8 | 22.1 | 29.7 | 31.1 | 8.3 | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Israel | 2632 | 56.9 | 9.0 | 24.2 | 32.0 | 30.4 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Italy | 5634 | 55.0 | 6.4 | 20.8 | 33.4 | 28.8 | 10.7 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Luxembourg | 1398 | 54.2 | 2.8 | 12.2 | 29.1 | 42.0 | 13.9 | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Netherlands | 3074 | 55.4 | 8.9 | 21.7 | 37.3 | 29.4 | 2.7 | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Poland | 1466 | 57.6 | 3.6 | 14.7 | 30.6 | 39.5 | 11.6 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Slovenia | 4170 | 57.4 | 5.0 | 18.8 | 30.3 | 36.5 | 9.4 | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Spain | 6441 | 55.1 | 11.0 | 23.5 | 29.2 | 29.8 | 6.6 | 4 | 2.2 | |
| Sweden | 4808 | 53.4 | 9.4 | 22.9 | 39.5 | 24.1 | 4.1 | 4 | 2.1 | |
| Switzerland | 3422 | 54.8 | 7.0 | 20.1 | 32.6 | 34.0 | 6.3 | 4 | 2.5 | |
| KLOSA | Korea | 9768 | 56.3 | 8.1 | 22.6 | 26.4 | 28.9 | 14.1 | 5 | 3.9 |
| CHARLS | China | 17 883 | 52.4 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 22.8 | 35.9 | 29.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
Notes: CHARLS = the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study; ELSA = the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; KLoSA = the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging; MHAS = the Mexican Health and Aging Study; SHARE = the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
aRespondents born prior to 1920 or after 1969 are not included in the denominator of the birth cohort %.