SHARElife – Healthcare Module (English Version)

Untertitel/Art des Pretests:

Cognitive Pretest

Auftraggeber:

SHARE

Dr. Annette Scherpenzeel

Webseite:

Projektbeschreibung:

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of about 140,000 individuals aged 50 or older (around 380,000 interviews). The data concern topics such as social and family networks, health, and socio-economic status. SHARE covers 27 European countries and Israel.

Anzahl Testpersonen:

10

Auswahl und Merkmale der Testpersonen:

Quota sampling. The selection of the target population was based on age (50 years and older), education (Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur; no Abitur) and gender quota:

  • 4 female and 2 male, less than Abitur
  • 1 female and 3 male, Fachhochschulreife/Abitur

Pretestmodus:

CAPI

Feldzeit des Pretests:

07/2015

DOI:

Zusammenfassung:

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of about 140,000 individuals aged 50 or older (around 380,000 interviews).
The subject of this pretest are newly developed questions of the healthcare module for the seventh wave of the German SHARE study.
The questions were tested via face-to-face cognitive interviews.

*Note: The items were tested in German. The items documented here are English translations of the original German wordings. The translations do not correspond exactly to the formulations in the English SHARE source questionnaire.*

Anzahl der Testleiter:

4

Befragungsmodus:

CAPI

Pretestmodus:

CAPI

Vorgehensweise:

Use of an evaluation questionnaire

Testpersonenhonorar:

20 Euros

Pretestbericht (Deutsch):

Pretestbericht (Englisch):

Zitation:

Neuert, C., Otto, W., Landrock, U., Adams, F., Disch, K., Gebhardt, S., & Menold, N. (2015): SHARElife – Healthcare Module (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Frage-Nr. Pretestergebnisse Typ Konstrukt
1 Have you ever needed a medical treatment or to see a doctor but you did not because the costs were too high? Single Question Abandonment of medical service due to high costs
2 Please look at SHOWCARD 32. Please specify the periods in which you needed a medical treatment or to see a doctor but you did not because you could not afford it. Single Question Age during the time of abandonment due to high cost
3 Have you ever needed a medical treatment or to see a doctor but you could not because you had to wait too long? Single Question Abandonment of medical service due to long waiting time
4 Please look at SHOWCARD 32. Please specify the periods in which you needed a medical treatment or to see a doctor but you did not because you had to wait too long. Single Question Age during the time of abandonment due to long waiting time
5 Have you ever postponed a dentist’s visit to help you keep your living costs down? Single Question Postponing dental service due to keeping living costs down
6 Please look at SHOWCARD 32. Please specify the periods in which you postponed a dentist’s visit to help you keep your living costs down. Single Question Age during the time of postponing dental service due to high cost
7 Have you ever needed medication which you could not afford because of costs? Single Question Abandonment of medicine due to high cost
8 Please look at SHOWCARD 32. Please specify the periods in which you needed medication which you could not afford because of costs. Single Question Age during time of abandonment due to high cost