Perceived Changes in Extreme Weather Among Older Adults in Austria

SHARE survey data from 2021/2022 analyzes perceptions of increasing extreme weather intensity and frequency among people aged 50 and over in Austria (N=3,170). Jasmin Riederer constructed an index of perceived changes since childhood and used hierarchical regression to examine correlates like environmental awareness, urbanicity, education, and financial strain. The dataset is available on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between environmental awareness and perceived weather changes based on the constructed index.
• Compare perceptions of extreme weather across urban, town, and rural residents based on the urbanicity variable.
• Investigate associations between socioeconomic factors like education and financial hardship and climate perceptions.
• Model the social and spatial differentiation of climate-related perceptions among older adults.

Strengths

• Data originates from the established Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
• Sample size of 3,170 respondents provides a substantial basis for analysis.
• Analysis includes multiple social factors: environmental awareness, sociodemographics, financial strain, subjective health, loneliness, and urbanicity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects geographic bias inherent to its source, being limited to Austria.

Provenance

Source

Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Collection Method

Survey data from the 2021/2022 wave of SHARE.

Time Range

Survey conducted in 2021/2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:13:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Austria