People with a migration background and retirement
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
People with a migration background and retirement
Project Number
285
Abstract
This survey focuses on the subject of planning for and knowledge of retirement and pension schemes.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
04-04-2016
End date
31-05-2016
Researcher
Yeqiu Zheng (Tilburg University); Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2023 Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xjk-g5fr
Funding Organization
NWO
Tilburg University
Tilburg University
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label |
|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted |
| mh16a_m | Year and month of the field work period |
| mh16a001 | Primary occupation |
| mh16a002 | Origin according to definitions of CBS (Statistics Netherlands) |
| mh16a003 | Which language or languages do you speak to your family at home? - most often speak: |
| mh16a004 | Which language or languages do you speak to your family at home? - second most often speak: |
| mh16a005 | Which language or languages do you speak to your family at home? - third most often speak: |
| mh16a006 | Which language do you use outside home on any given day? - most often use: |
| mh16a007 | Which language do you use outside home on any given day? - second most often use: |
| mh16a008 | Which language do you use outside home on any given day? - third most often use: |
| mh16a009 | In which language do you mostly think? |
| mh16a010 | In which language do you mostly count, calculate? |
| mh16a011 | Which language do you speak best? |
| mh16a012 | How would you assess your ability to speak Dutch? |
| mh16a013 | How would you assess your ability to speak English? |
| mh16a014 | Present day youth need to keep the values of their parents and grandparents. |
| mh16a015 | Social and cultural changes will make people happier. |
| mh16a016 | It is important to innovate and adapt to changes. |
| mh16a017 | The traditional way of living is better than the modern way. |
| mh16a018 | Our records indicate that you are fully retired. Is this correct? |
| mh16a019 | Our records indicate that you are not (fully) retired. Is this correct? |
| mh16a020 | How much have you thought about retirement? |
| mh16a021 | Recall 5 years before you retired, at that time how much did you think about retirement? |
| mh16a022 | [I am saving enough to retire comfortably. / Before I retired, I saved enough to retire comfortably.] |
| mh16a023 | My parents did a good job of planning and saving for their own retirement. |
| mh16a024 | I am willing to sacrifice my well-being in the present to achieve certain goals in the future. |
| mh16a025 | I live for the present and don’t think about my financial future. |
| mh16a026 | Have you ever tried to figure out how much you would need to save for retirement? |
| mh16a027 | Recall 5 years before you retired, at that time did you try to figure out how much you would need to save for retirement? |
| mh16a028 | Have you developed a plan for retirement saving? |
| mh16a029 | Recall 5 years before you retired, at that time did you develop a plan for retirement saving? |
| mh16a030 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - I do not care |
| mh16a031 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - I know there will be enough money for my retirement |
| mh16a032 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - I do not have enough money to save for retirement anyhow |
| mh16a033 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - I should do this, but I don’t get to it |
| mh16a034 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - Retirement is too far away to think |
| mh16a035 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - My partner arranges this for me |
| mh16a036 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - It is too difficult to do this because of the uncertainty of the future, for example, the government may change the policy on pension a lot |
| mh16a037 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - Now saving for retirement is not my first priority |
| mh16a038 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - Other, namely |
| mh16a039 | Why haven’t you ever tried to figure this out? - Other, namely |
| mh16a040 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time I did not care |
| mh16a041 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time I knew there would be enough money for my retirement |
| mh16a042 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time I did not have enough money to save for retirement anyhow |
| mh16a043 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time I should do this, but I didn’t get to it |
| mh16a044 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time retirement was too far away to think |
| mh16a045 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time my partner arranged this for me |
| mh16a046 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time it was too difficult to do this because of the uncertainty of the future, for example, the government may change the policy on pension a lot |
| mh16a047 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - At that time saving for retirement was not my first priority |
| mh16a048 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - Other, namely |
| mh16a049 | At that time why didn’t you try to figure this out? - Other, namely |
| mh16a050 | Think about the years before and after you will retire. What do you think about how much you would like to spend? |
| mh16a051 | Think about the years before and after you retired. What do you think about how much you spent? |
| mh16a052 | Imagine your annual net income you will have just before you retire. What percentage of that annual net income do you think you would need minimally in order to live the life that you would want after you retire? |
| mh16a053 | Recall your annual net income you had just before you retired. What percentage of that annual net income do you need minimally in order to live the retirement life that you want? |
| mh16a054 | How much responsibility do you think generally a government should have for ensuring a reasonable standard of living for retired people? |
| mh16a055 | How much do you expect your annual net retirement income to be in relation to the annual net income you will have just before you retire? |
| mh16a056 | How much is your annual net retirement income in relation to the annual net income you had just before you retired? |
| mh16a057 | Suppose you have money that remains after having paid for food, rent/mortgage, and other fixed or necessary expenditures. Choose the option on the scale below that is most applicable to you in this situation. |
| mh16a058 | Do you plan to stay in the Netherlands for the rest of your life? |
| mh16a059 | Suppose you will leave the Netherlands, at what age do you plan to do so? |
| mh16a060 | How would you assess your overall financial knowledge? |
| mh16a061 | Suppose you had € 100 in a savings account and the interest rate was 2% per year. After 5 years, how much do you think you would have in the account if you left the money to grow? |
| mh16a062 | Suppose you had € 100 in a savings account and the interest rate was 20% per year. After 5 years, how much do you think you would have in the account if you left the money to grow? |
| mh16a063 | Imagine that the interest rate on your savings account was 1% per year and inflation was 2% per year. After 1 year, how much would you be able to buy with the money in this account? |
| mh16a064 | Normally, which asset displays the highest fluctuations in the returns over time: savings accounts, bonds or Stocks? |
| mh16a065 | In 2026, will you be able to buy more than, exactly the same or less than today with your net income? |
| mh16a066 | Do you think that the following statements is true or false? When an investor spreads money between 20 stocks, rather than 2, the risk of losing a lot money increases. |
| mh16a067 | Suppose somebody comes to the Netherlands at the age of 35 and will stay in the Netherlands for the rest of his life. How much do you think his general old age pension (AOW) to be in relation to that of a native Dutch? |
| mh16a068 | How much of your education was devoted to economic subjects? |
| mh16a069 | Would you say that your oldest brother/sister is in better financial condition than you? |
| mh16a070 | How would you assess the understanding of financial matters of your parents? Please take the parent that is or was mostly responsible for the major financial decisions. |
| mh16a071 | I rely on myself most of the time, I rarely rely on others. |
| mh16a072 | I think it is more important to have safe investments and guaranteed returns than to take risks to have a chance to get the highest possible returns. |
| mh16a073 | When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job than women. |
| mh16a074 | I’d rather depend on myself than others. |
| mh16a075 | I am a highly disciplined person and stick to what I planned to do. |
| mh16a076 | I often do my own thing. |
| mh16a077 | Being a housewife is just as fulfilling as working for pay. |
| mh16a078 | My personal identity, independent of others, is very important to me. |
| mh16a079 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? |
| mh16a080 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? |
| mh16a081 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? |
| mh16a082 | Was it an interesting subject? |
| mh16a083 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? |
| mh16a084 | Starting date questionnaire |
| mh16a085 | Starting time questionnaire |
| mh16a086 | End date questionnaire |
| mh16a087 | End time questionnaire |
| mh16a088 | Duration in seconds |
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 1,471 (100.0%)Non-response: 294 (20.0%)
Response: 1,177 (80.0%)
Complete: 1,162 (79.0%)
Incomplete: 15 (1.0%)
Collection Events
Period
04-04-2016 to 26-04-2016
Sample
All the members of the LISS panel with a migration background - age range: 25-65 years old (771) plus random 700 panel members of Dutch origin (25-65 years old).
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.
Period
02-05-2016 to 31-05-2016
Sample
Non-respondents of the first measurement
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents
Publications
Zheng, Y.,
et al. (2023). Time to get attention: The effect of temporal focus on health, income and happiness. .