Changing costs regarding care and pension
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Changing costs regarding care and pension
Project Number
147
Abstract
This study investigates
the impact of changing costs regarding care and pension and how panel members
experience these changes.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
09-02-2015
End date
24-02-2015
Researcher
Wetenschappelijk Bureau 50-Plus
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2015 CentERdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zec-7nkc
Funding Organization
Wetenschappelijk Bureau 50-Plus
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Report in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label |
|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted |
| lx15a_m | Year and month of the field work period |
| lx15a001 | Age respondent |
| lx15a002 | Compared to three years ago, has your financial situation improved, worsened, or remained the same? |
| lx15a003 | What has caused this? Choose the reason that most contributed to the worsening of the situation. |
| lx15a004 | I had to deal with greater costs, namely |
| lx15a005 | Other, namely |
| lx15a006 | Have you cut down on your expenditures, in the past year? |
| lx15a007 | Do you have income through pension benefits? This does not include general old age benefits (AOW), but the pension that you have accrued personally or through your employer. |
| lx15a008 | Since what year do you have income through pension benefits? |
| lx15a009 | What net amount of (supplementary) pension benefits do you receive monthly, approximately? |
| lx15a010 | Was your pension indexed in the period or periods indicated below? - In the past year: |
| lx15a011 | Was your pension indexed in the period or periods indicated below? - In the period 2012 - 2013: |
| lx15a012 | Was your pension indexed in the period or periods indicated below? - In the period 2009 - 2011: |
| lx15a013 | Was your total (supplementary) pension reduced in the period or periods indicated below? - In the past year: |
| lx15a014 | Was your total (supplementary) pension reduced in the period or periods indicated below? - In the period 2012 - 2013: |
| lx15a015 | Was your total (supplementary) pension reduced in the period or periods indicated below? - In the period 2009 - 2011: |
| lx15a016 | What was the net amount of the reduction per month, in the past year? |
| lx15a017 | What was the net amount of the reduction per month, in the period 2012-2013? |
| lx15a018 | What was the net amount of the reduction per month, in the period 2009-2011? |
| lx15a019 | In 2014, the health care deductible was € 360. How much of that sum did you use, approximately (that is, the amount that you had to pay out of your own pocket)? |
| lx15a020 | Did you use medicines in 2014 for which you had to pay a contribution (or that you had to pay for in full)? |
| lx15a021 | What amount did you pay out of your own pocket for medicines in 2014, approximately? |
| lx15a022 | In 2014, did you pay more, as much or less out of your own pocket for medicines, compared to 2013? |
| lx15a023 | Did you use any form of taxi cost reimbursement in 2014: regional taxi (‘regiotaxi’), Valys or otherwise? |
| lx15a024 | Did the amount of this reimbursement change in 2015? |
| lx15a025 | What difference does this make in amount of euros, net per month or per year? - amount |
| lx15a026 | What difference does this make in amount of euros, net per month or per year? - per month |
| lx15a027 | What difference does this make in amount of euros, net per month or per year? - per year |
| lx15a028 | Did you make use of domestic help via a home care organization, in 2014? |
| lx15a029 | What was the amount of your own contribution per four weeks, in 2014 (or what was the amount that you paid through your personal ‘PGB’ budget)? |
| lx15a030 | Are you currently, in 2015, using domestic help via a home care organization? |
| lx15a031 | What is the amount of your own contribution per four weeks, in 2015? |
| lx15a032 | Did you use any nursing or health care via an organization, in 2014? |
| lx15a033 | What was the amount of your own contribution per four weeks, in 2014 (or what was the amount that you paid through your personal ‘PGB’ budget), for nursing or health care via an organization? |
| lx15a034 | Are you currently, in 2015, using nursing or health care via a home care organization? |
| lx15a035 | What is the amount of your own contribution per four weeks, in 2015? |
| lx15a036 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Scooter |
| lx15a037 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Rollator |
| lx15a038 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Wheelchair |
| lx15a039 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Stair lift |
| lx15a040 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Lifting aid |
| lx15a041 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - Toilet or shower seat |
| lx15a042 | Did you use one of the following aids in 2014? - None of these aids |
| lx15a043 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Scooter |
| lx15a044 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Rollator |
| lx15a045 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Wheelchair |
| lx15a046 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Stair lift |
| lx15a047 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Lifting aid |
| lx15a048 | Did you lease or purchase this aid in 2014? - Toilet or shower seat |
| lx15a049 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the scooter, in 2014? |
| lx15a050 | And what contribution will you pay for the scooter in 2015? |
| lx15a051 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the rollator, in 2014? |
| lx15a052 | And what contribution will you pay for the rollator in 2015? |
| lx15a053 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the wheelchair, in 2014? |
| lx15a054 | And what contribution will you pay for the wheelchair in 2015? |
| lx15a055 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the stair lift, in 2014? |
| lx15a056 | And what contribution will you pay for the stair lift in 2015? |
| lx15a057 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the lifting aid, in 2014? |
| lx15a058 | And what contribution will you pay for the lifting aid in 2015? |
| lx15a059 | What contribution did you pay out of your own pocket for the toilet or shower seat, in 2014? |
| lx15a060 | And what contribution will you pay for the toiler or shower seat in 2015? |
| lx15a061 | Do you have or rely on (other) provisions for which you were compensated last year (in 2014) but for which you receive no or less compensation in 2015? |
| lx15a062 | What provision(s) do you mean? |
| lx15a063 | Do you expect to have to use some of your savings/own capital this year to cover certain costs? |
| lx15a064 | What are these costs, mainly? Multiple answers are permitted. - for daily groceries |
| lx15a065 | What are these costs, mainly? Multiple answers are permitted. - for housing-related costs |
| lx15a066 | What are these costs, mainly? Multiple answers are permitted. - for care-related costs |
| lx15a067 | What are these costs, mainly? Multiple answers are permitted. - other, namely |
| lx15a068 | What are these costs, mainly? |
| lx15a069 | Do you save for (a supplement to) your pension? This question pertains to all forms of pension savings, through a pension insurance, a bank saving facility (‘banksparen’) or life annuity. |
| lx15a070 | Why do you not save for this? |
| lx15a071 | Why then do you not save for this? |
| lx15a072 | Did you save (before you retired) for (a supplement to) your pension? |
| lx15a073 | Why did you not save for this? |
| lx15a074 | Why then did you not save for this? |
| lx15a075 | Do you think now that it would have been better if you had saved for (a supplement to) your pension? |
| lx15a076 | Do you now miss a (supplement to your) pension or additional savings? |
| lx15a077 | Why do you miss this? |
| lx15a078 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? |
| lx15a079 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? |
| lx15a080 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? |
| lx15a081 | Was it an interesting subject? |
| lx15a082 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? |
| lx15a083 | Starting date questionnaire |
| lx15a084 | Starting time questionnaire |
| lx15a085 | End date questionnaire |
| lx15a086 | End time questionnaire |
| lx15a087 | Duration in seconds |
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 2,133 (100%)Non-response: 273 (12.8%)
Response: 1,860 (87.2%)
Complete: 1,847 (86.6%)
Incomplete: 13 (0.6%)
Collection Events
Period
09-02-2015 to 24-02-2015
Sample
1070 panel members aged 55-64 and 1070 aged 65-74
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.