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Phone: Retirement

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

AT012RE-AT021RE      Retirement experience / outlook on retirement

at012re: 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: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 8 24 32
-3 REFUSED 1 2 3
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 4 6
1 COMPLETELY RETIRED 1047 888 1935
2 PARTLY RETIRED 448 339 787
3 NOT RETIRED AT ALL 288 819 1107

at013re: At what age do you plan to stop working completely?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b130, h_b110

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 9 25 34
-3 REFUSED 1 2 3
-2 1056 916 1972
-1 DON'T KNOW 169 252 421
1 NEVER 249 185 434
50 - 62 19 197 216
63 - 65 36 282 318
66 - 69 80 126 206
70 - 75 151 80 231
77 - 97 24 11 35

at014re: Do you expect your husband/wife to retire at about the same time that you do?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b150, h_b130, gretflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 39 49 88
-3 REFUSED 2 1 3
-2 1307 1448 2755
-1 DON'T KNOW 34 24 58
1 YES 187 189 376
2 NO 225 365 590

at015re: 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: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b160, h_b100, h_b130, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 14 19 33
-3 REFUSED 2 2 4
-2 1418 1463 2881
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 4 6
1 INCREASE A LOT 6 1 7
2 INCREASE SOMEWHAT 21 17 38
3 STAY ABOUT THE SAME AS NOW 242 363 605
4 DECLINE SOMEWHAT 78 174 252
5 DECLINE A LOT 11 33 44

at016re: How much had you discussed retirement with your husband/wife? A lot, some, a little, or hardly at all?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b170, h_b160, h_b130, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 9 14 23
-2 1395 1715 3110
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 2 3
1 A LOT 241 207 448
2 SOME 84 80 164
3 A LITTLE 30 24 54
4 HARDLY AT ALL 34 34 68

at017re: In what month and year did you completely/partly retire?

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_a, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 9 25 34
-3 REFUSED 1 6 7
-2 291 825 1116
-1 DON'T KNOW 135 196 331
1 January 195 119 314
2 February 85 59 144
3 March 89 63 152
4 April 107 60 167
5 May 112 97 209
6 June 196 200 396
7 July 142 84 226
8 August 77 73 150
9 September 86 87 173
10 October 89 55 144
11 November 66 51 117
12 December 114 76 190

at018re: Year of retirement

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_b, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 9 24 33
-3 REFUSED 0 6 6
-2 291 825 1116
-1 DON'T KNOW 12 63 75
1958 - 1994 332 200 532
1995 - 1998 417 226 643
1999 - 2000 315 241 556
2001 - 2002 255 284 539
2003 - 2005 163 207 370

at019re: Century-month of retirement

Data source: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b110_a, h_b110_b, h_b100

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 1 2
-3 REFUSED 0 6 6
-2 299 849 1148
-1 DON'T KNOW 12 63 75
704 - 1140 332 199 531
1141 - 1182 348 199 547
1183 - 1206 330 225 555
1207 - 1231 279 273 552
1232 - 1266 193 261 454

at020re: 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: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b190, h_b100, h_b120, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 0 1 1
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 1427 1762 3189
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 BETTER 95 64 159
2 ABOUT THE SAME 237 226 463
3 NOT AS GOOD 35 21 56

at021re: 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: Graduate Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: phone
Source variables: h_b199, h_b100, h_b120, h_emp1, gretflag, retflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 14 6 20
-3 REFUSED 1 2 3
-2 1427 1762 3189
-1 DON'T KNOW 8 4 12
1 BETTER 112 100 212
2 ABOUT THE SAME 237 198 435
3 NOT AS GOOD 9 10 19

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