Retirement from the labour market

Summary

Strengths: The data covers both people who have retired and people who have not yet retired. Weaknesses: The survey is from 1999 and not very well documented.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Crosssection occasional

Data gathering method
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anomymised microdata

Formats available
SAS, SPSS, tab-delimited file

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 1996-7 and 1999.

First year of collection
1996

Stratification if applicable
N.A.

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
N.A.

Age range
40-69 years

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The survey covers the population aged 40-69 and their retirement, including expected retirement, the most important reasons for retirement, (expected) economic situation after retirement, and reasons for postponing retirement.

Linkage

Standardisation
N.A.

Possibility of linkage among databases
N.A.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
N.A.

Breaks
N.A.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
N.A.

Governance

Contact information
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Danish Data Archive (DDA)
Islandsgade 10
5000 Odense Denmark Phone: (+45)66113010
Email: mailbox(at)dda.dk
Url: http://samfund.dda.dk/ddakatalog//sdfiler/R06407.htm

Timeliness, transparency
N.A.