Collecting Dried Blood Spots (DBS) During the Sixth Wave of SHARE

Content

This chapter describes the collection of dried blood spots (DBS) during the sixth wave of SHARE and
our fieldwork monitoring strategies. In addition, consent rates and total numbers of collected DBS are
reported. The chapter closes with logistic aspects and a description of the storage of the DBS samples.

Publication Details

Sabine Friedel

Luzia Weiss

Publication Date 2017

Number of Pages S. 176 - 181

Publisher MEA, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy

Publishing Place Munich

Published in Malter, Frederic, Börsch-Supan, Axel (eds.) SHARE Wave 6: Panel Innovations and Collecting Dried Blood Spots

Link to Publication http://www.share-project.org/data-documentation/methodology-volumes.html