year of retirement
Datafile
Index term
Question asked in the latest wave:
nonemployment_w1.retdatey
Question label:
Year of retirement
Question text:
Can I just check, in what month and year did you retire?
Question universe:
if CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBHAS = 2 AND CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBOFF = 2 (Did no paid work in last week and does not have a job)
and if DEMOGRAPHICS.JBSTAT = 4 (Is retired)
Question interviewer instructions:
WRITE IN YEAR
IF CAN’T REMEMBER GIVE ESTIMATE
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 38062 | 74.64% |
| proxy | -7 | 3262 | 6.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 6 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 156 | 0.31% |
| [Value >= 0] | 1 | 9506 | 18.64% |
| Total | 50994 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995.62 | 41488 | 1900.0 | 2010.0 | 11.8 | 9506 |
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