ratio of post to pre-retirement income
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Question asked in the latest wave:
retirementplanning_ip5.retamt
Question label:
Expected ratio of post to pre-retirement income
Question text:
What do you expect your retirement income to be compared with your pre-retirement income?
Question universe:
if ((HHGRID.DVAge = 45|50|55|60|65) & DEMOGRAPHICS.JBSTAT 4) OR (RetChk = 2) (If aged 45, 50, 55, 60 or 65 and not retired OR of pensionable age and less than 71 years old and does not consider self retired)
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 15 | 0.7% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1792 | 83.66% |
| proxy | -7 | 147 | 6.86% |
| don't know | -1 | 4 | 0.19% |
| Less than a quarter | 1 | 14 | 0.65% |
| About a quarter | 2 | 18 | 0.84% |
| About a third | 3 | 25 | 1.17% |
| About a half | 4 | 45 | 2.1% |
| About two thirds | 5 | 13 | 0.61% |
| About three quarters | 6 | 10 | 0.47% |
| About the same as before retiring | 7 | 18 | 0.84% |
| Have not thought about it | 8 | 41 | 1.91% |
| Total | 2142 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 2038 | 85.45% |
| proxy | -7 | 206 | 8.64% |
| don't know | -1 | 8 | 0.34% |
| less than a quarter | 1 | 11 | 0.46% |
| about a quarter | 2 | 9 | 0.38% |
| about a third | 3 | 19 | 0.8% |
| about a half | 4 | 33 | 1.38% |
| about two thirds | 5 | 12 | 0.5% |
| about three quarters | 6 | 3 | 0.13% |
| about the same as before retiring | 7 | 13 | 0.55% |
| have not thought about it | 8 | 33 | 1.38% |
| Total | 2385 | 100.0% |
