Collection of biomeasures in a cross-national setting

Abstract

"This chapter provides an overview of strategies and methods used to collect biomeasures cross-nationally. The chapter covers a range of practical issues associated with ensuring comparability of biomeasure collection across multiple countries. The overview is based on the experiences of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a multinational study that surveys the older adult population and collects biomeasures in 20 European countries (plus Israel). SHARE faces an assortment of operational and legal issues related to the collection of biomeasures. We summarize these issues and describe how they are handled in SHARE. The intent of the chapter is to provide readers with a general understanding of biomeasure collection in a cross-national context and up-to-date knowledge of current practices." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Weiss, L., Sakshaug, J. & Börsch-Supan, A. (2018): Collection of biomeasures in a cross-national setting. Experiences in SHARE. In: T. P. Johnson, B.- E. Pennell, I. Stoop & B. Dorer (Hrsg.) (2018): Advances in comparative survey methods : multinational, multiregional and multicultural contexts (3MC), p. 623-642, accepted on March 04, 2018.