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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008

Variable Details

VariableIllRet
LabelIf poor health at retirement, what would want? :BCD1073
Question text Imagine that you thought you would have poor health when you reached retirement. Which of these statements comes closest to your view? I would want to retire early to have a period of retirement in good health, even if this meant a smaller pension, OR I would want to continue working until State Pension Age to ensure I was better off, even if this meant I would have poor health for my retirement
Responses
-1 Skip, not employee/DK at EmployB 1799
1 I would want to retire early to have a period of retirement 1324
2 I would want to continue working until State Pension Age to 199
8 Don't know 34
9 Refusal 2
-2 Skip, version A 1128
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsCARD K11
UniverseAdults (18 and over) living in private households in Great Britain (excluding the 'crofting counties' north of the Caledonian Canal).<br>;Adults;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;Sampling is conducted in four stages; from 1993 the sample has been drawn from the Postcode Address File, whereas in previous years it was drawn from the Electoral Register.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The BSA survey is conducted annually.
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