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Mainstage Variable

rtamtnew

Income replacement rate

Datafile

Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

retirementplanning_w13.rtamtnew

Question label:

Income replacement rate

Question text:

Many people who stop working in later life experience a drop in their income. By how much do you expect your own income to fall after you have stopped working for good, compared with your income before you stopped working? Please consider all personal income from any source.

Question universe:

if DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAge > 29 & DEMOGRAPHICS.PDVAge < 76 (Aged between 30 and 75)
and if RTplanFT = 1 | (RTplanPT = 1 | 3 (Expects to retire completely from full or part-time employment)

Further details:
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Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
missing-970.03%
inapplicable-81838165.65%
proxy-71040.37%
refusal-2660.24%
don't know-12000.71%
My income will not drop at all, or only slightly16822.44%
My income will drop, but by less than a third216075.74%
My income will drop by more than a third3312211.15%
Have not thought about it4382913.68%
Total27998100.0%

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