HILDA Online Data Dictionary Release 24

Variable

grtmrea

Label

L6b Main reason for retiring

Form

CPQ/NPQ

Question No.

L6b

Questionnaire Text

And what was your MAIN reason for retiring?

CPQ Page No.

NPQ Page No.

Population

Completely or partly retired, aged 45+

Subject Area

LABOUR FORCE - Retirement

Survey Wave

7

Data File

Responding Person File

Frequency

[11] Own ill health	713
[9] Fed up with working / work stresses, demands	251
[18] To spend more time with other family members	233
[6] Made redundant / Dismissed / Had no choice	230
[4] Could afford to retire / Had enough income	211
[17] To spend more time with spouse / partner	163
[12] Ill health of spouse / partner	130
[98] Other	123
[1] Became eligible for the age pension	109
[14] COVID-19	104

Notes

Variable Occurrence

W3 W7 W11 W15 W19 W23

Value	Label
1	Became eligible for the old 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	Partner had just retired or was about to retire
15	Spouse / partner wanted me to retire
16	To spend more time with spouse / partner
17	To spend more time with other family members
18	To have more personal / leisure time
19	To have children/ start family/ to care for children
95	NEI to classify
98	Other
997	None of these

Missing data values

-1	Not asked
-2	Not applicable
-3	Dont know
-4	Refused/Not stated
-5	Multiple response SCQ
-6	Implausible value
-7	Not able to be determined
-8	No SCQ
-9	Non-responding household
-10	Non-responding person