HILDA Online Data Dictionary Release 24

Variable

wrtmrea

Label

L6b Main reason for retiring

Form

CPQ/NPQ

Question No.

L6b

Questionnaire Text

And what was your main reason for retiring?

Population

Completely or partly retired, last job in the last ten years, aged 45+

Subject Area

LABOUR FORCE - Retirement

Survey Wave

Data File

Responding Person File

Frequency

[11] Own ill health	375
[9] Fed up with working / work stresses, demands	285
[19] To have more personal / leisure time	217
[4] Could afford to retire / Had enough income	212
[6] Made redundant / Dismissed / Had no choice	138
[1] Became eligible for the age pension	97
[18] To spend more time with other family members	89
[17] To spend more time with spouse / partner	59
[10] Pressure from employer or others at work	51
[13] Ill health of other family member	50

Notes

Variable Occurrence

W3 W7 W11 W15 W19 W23

Value	Label
1	Became eligible for the age pension
2	Offered reasonable financial terms to retire early or accept a voluntary redundancy
3	Superannuation rules made it financially advantageous to retire at that time
4	Could afford to retire / Had enough income
5	Spouses / partners income enabled me to retire
6	Made redundant / Dismissed / Had no choice
7	Reached compulsory retirement age
8	Could not find another job
9	Fed up with working / work stresses, demands
10	Pressure from employer or others at work
11	Own ill health
12	Ill health of spouse / partner
13	Ill health of other family member
14	COVID-19
15	Partner had just retired or was about to retire
16	Spouse / partner wanted me to retire
17	To spend more time with spouse / partner
18	To spend more time with other family members
19	To have more personal / leisure time
20	To have children/ start family/ to care for children
95	NEI to classify
98	Other
997	None of these

Missing data values