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Mainstage Variable

retdatey

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 labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-920.0%
inapplicable-83806274.64%
proxy-732626.4%
refusal-260.01%
don't know-11560.31%
[Value >= 0]1950618.64%
Total50994100.0%
MeanNumber MissingMinMaxStd DevN
1995.62414881900.02010.011.89506

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