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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Understanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013

Variable Details

Variablea_retdatey
Labelyear of retirement
Responses
-9 missing 2
-8 inapplicable 38062
-7 proxy respondent 3262
-2 refused 6
-1 don't know 156
1900 2
1906 1
1917 1
1919 2
1931 1
1933 1
1936 2
1937 2
1938 1
1939 1
1940 5
1941 2
1942 5
1943 2
1944 2
1945 9
1946 10
1947 9
1948 3
1949 9
1950 11
1951 8
1952 8
1953 9
1954 11
1955 11
1956 8
1957 11
1958 14
1959 19
1960 33
1961 22
1962 16
1963 14
1964 24
1965 31
1966 15
1967 15
1968 12
1969 19
1970 33
1971 13
1972 28
1973 27
1974 20
1975 39
1976 30
1977 29
1978 46
1979 51
1980 126
1981 68
1982 107
1983 106
1984 121
1985 167
1986 172
1987 170
1988 193
1989 195
1990 297
1991 264
1992 280
1993 296
1994 316
1995 391
1996 302
1997 344
1998 337
1999 403
2000 406
2001 308
2002 374
2003 350
2004 362
2005 432
2006 432
2007 477
2008 501
2009 388
2010 124
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationUnderstanding Society: Waves 1-4, 2009-2013
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