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Phone: Retirement

For more information on the Retirement Attitudes Module see Appendix Q -
Cor935.			  
			  
OVERVIEW

All respondents were asked if they considered themselves completely, partly, or
not at all retired.  For those who had retired, the month and year of
retirement were ascertained.  Respondents who had not retired were asked when
they planned on retiring and whether their spouse would retire at that time. 
Fifty percent of the respondents (conditioned on the RETFLAG) were asked about
their current or expected post-retirement living standards, and about their
post-retirement relationship with their spouse.


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

   BT012RE-BT021RE	Retirement experience / outlook on retirement

bt012re: We are interested in what people think about retirement, whether they themselves are retired or not. At this time do you consider yourself partly retired, completely retired, or not retired at all?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 2 2
1 COMPLETELY RETIRED 446 457 903
2 PARTLY RETIRED 175 175 350
3 NOT RETIRED AT ALL 316 539 855

bt013re: At what age do you plan to stop working completely?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b130, h_b110

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-3 REFUSED 2 0 2
-2 454 471 925
-1 DON'T KNOW 55 114 169
1 NEVER 118 117 235
45 - 62 84 179 263
63 - 65 86 145 231
66 - 70 90 118 208
71 - 96 48 30 78

bt014re: Do you expect your husband/wife to retire at about the same time that you do?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b150, h_b130, gretflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 253 199 452
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
-2 400 553 953
-1 DON'T KNOW 12 16 28
1 YES 148 196 344
2 NO 123 210 333

bt015re: When you and your husband/wife are both retired, do you expect your living standards to increase a lot, increase somewhat, stay about the same as now, decline somewhat, or decline a lot?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b160, h_b100, h_b130, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 25 38 63
-3 REFUSED 2 4 6
-2 611 772 1383
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 1 3
1 INCREASE A LOT 3 0 3
2 INCREASE SOMEWHAT 12 10 22
3 STAY ABOUT THE SAME AS NOW 188 223 411
4 DECLINE SOMEWHAT 80 116 196
5 DECLINE A LOT 14 10 24

bt016re: How much had you discussed retirement with your husband/wife? A lot, some, a little, or hardly at all?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b170, h_b160, h_b130, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 4 1 5
-2 815 1004 1819
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 A LOT 71 96 167
2 SOME 23 42 65
3 A LITTLE 9 12 21
4 HARDLY AT ALL 15 18 33

bt017re: In what month and year did you completely/partly retire?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_a, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 0 2
-3 REFUSED 3 1 4
-2 316 542 858
-1 DON'T KNOW 52 98 150
1 January 85 58 143
2 February 28 27 55
3 March 39 24 63
4 April 39 37 76
5 May 53 66 119
6 June 99 124 223
7 July 51 35 86
8 August 44 23 67
9 September 29 48 77
10 October 26 27 53
11 November 21 27 48
12 December 50 37 87

bt018re: Year of retirement

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_b, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 0 2
-3 REFUSED 2 1 3
-2 316 542 858
-1 DON'T KNOW 9 34 43
1950 - 1993 157 118 275
1994 - 1998 143 133 276
1999 - 2001 128 134 262
2002 - 2004 125 139 264
2005 - 2006 55 73 128

bt019re: Century-month of retirement

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_a, h_b110_b, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 0 2
-3 REFUSED 2 1 3
-2 316 542 858
-1 DON'T KNOW 9 34 43
605 - 1117 132 109 241
1118 - 1178 133 112 245
1179 - 1211 132 113 245
1212 - 1244 108 135 243
1245 - 1284 103 128 231

bt020re: Thinking about your retirement years compared to the years just before you retired, would you say that your living standards are better, about the same, or not as good?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b190, h_b100, h_b120, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 0 1 1
-2 840 1046 1886
1 BETTER 19 29 48
2 ABOUT THE SAME 72 92 164
3 NOT AS GOOD 6 6 12

bt021re: Thinking about your retirement years compared to the years just before you retired, would you say that your relationship with your husband/wife has been better, about the same, or not as good?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b199, h_b100, h_b120, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 9 5 14
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 0 1 1
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
-2 840 1046 1886
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 1 2
1 BETTER 26 49 75
2 ABOUT THE SAME 68 69 137
3 NOT AS GOOD 1 8 9

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