Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset

Variable Details

VariableRETPDEMP
LabelShould people over retirement age be encouraged to stay in paid employment?
Question text Do you think that people over the state retirement age should be encouraged to stay in paid employment, discouraged from staying in paid employment, or neither?
Responses
1 Encouraged 436
2 Discouraged 224
3 Neither 555
8 Don't know 0
9 Refused/not answered 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2008: Attitudes to Older People, Ageing and Ageism Teaching Dataset
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2008.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The teaching dataset was created as part of a single project.