Pension designs and continued working after retirement

Single Wave Study

General Information

Title
Pension designs and continued working after retirement
Project Number
195
Abstract
The main aim of this research is to create an overview of people’s wishes with respect to the design of the pension system and to investigate what people think about working after retirement.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
03-04-2017
End date
25-04-2017
Researcher
Lucy Kok
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2022 Centerdata
Funding Organization
NWO
SEO
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zcm-jus9

Datasets and documentation

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Codebook in English
Note: Version 1.1 of the Codebook: More detailed description ‘’Sample’’ in chapter 1 Project description
Codebook in Dutch
Note: Version 1.1 of the Codebook: More detailed description ‘’Sample’’ in chapter 1 Project description

Data Files

English SPSS file
English STATA file

Variables

Variable name Variable Label Variable Type
nomem_encrNumber of household member encryptedpreloaded
oa17a_mYear and month of the fieldwork periodconstructed
oa17a001Permutation variable 1 (top pension form in question 1)constructed
oa17a002Permutation variable 2 (top pension form in question 2)constructed
oa17a003Permutation variable 3 (top pension form in question 3)constructed
oa17a004Permutation variable 4 (top pension form in question 4)constructed
oa17a005Permutation variable 5 (bottom pension form in question 1)constructed
oa17a006Permutation variable 6 (bottom pension form in question 2)constructed
oa17a007Permutation variable 7 (bottom pension form in question 3)constructed
oa17a008Permutation variable 8 (bottom pension form in question 4)constructed
oa17a009Permutation variable 9 (not used)constructed
oa17a010(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 4 years before the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a011(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 4 years before the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a012(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 2 years before the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a013(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 2 years before the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a014(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: you work part-time 4 years before the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a015(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: you work part-time 4 years before the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a016(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: you work part-time 2 years before the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a017(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: you work part-time 2 years before the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a018(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 2 years after the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a019(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 2 years after the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a020(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 4 years after the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a021(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW at: You stop working 4 years after the AOW ageconstructed
oa17a022(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW: You continue to work part-time for 2 years from the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a023(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW: You continue to work part-time for 2 years from the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a024(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW: You continue to work part-time for 4 years from the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a025(upper offered form of pension) - scenario with or without flex AOW: You continue to work part-time for 4 years from the AOW age, from AOW age fully retiredconstructed
oa17a026preloaded: Personal net month incomepreloaded
oa17a027preloaded: AOW agepreloaded
oa17a028preloaded: Lives together with a partnerpreloaded
oa17a029preloaded: agepreloaded
oa17a030How would you describe your health, generally speaking?directly measured
oa17a031In the Netherlands, women on average reach the age of 83, and men on average reach the age of 80. What age do you expect to reach?directly measured
oa17a032Do you suffer from any long-term illness, disorder or handicap, or do you suffer from the consequences of an accident?directly measured
oa17a033To what extent have physical health issues or emotional issues hindered you in your work, in the past month?directly measured
oa17a034How many hours of paid work do you perform per week? (If you have more than one job, then add the hours together.)directly measured
oa17a035Do you work in paid employment or are you self-employed?directly measured
oa17a036At what age did you finish full-time education? We mean the secondary school or the education program you entered after secondary school.directly measured
oa17a037Did you start working immediately afterwards?directly measured
oa17a038How many years have you worked since finishing full-time education? Round this off to whole years.directly measured
oa17a039Is your work varied?directly measured
oa17a040Does your work require a lot of physical effort?directly measured
oa17a041Does your work include using a tool, device or vehicle that caused vibrations or shaking?directly measured
oa17a042Do you perform work in an uncomfortable position?directly measured
oa17a043Are you free to decide how to perform your work?directly measured
oa17a044Are you free to determine your work pace?directly measured
oa17a045Is your work emotionally demanding?directly measured
oa17a046Is your work physically demanding?directly measured
oa17a047In a previous questionnaire you stated that your personal income is €[oa17a026] net per month. Does this still apply?directly measured
oa17a048What is your personal net income per month, then?directly measured
oa17a049Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. Yes, supplementary pension via my employerdirectly measured
oa17a050Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. Yes, supplementary pension under personal managementdirectly measured
oa17a051Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. Yes, I have saved/invested moneydirectly measured
oa17a052Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. Yes, through my own homedirectly measured
oa17a053Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. Nodirectly measured
oa17a054Have you accrued any supplementary pension rights via your employer, or have you saved in any other way for your old age? You can choose more than one answer. I don’t knowdirectly measured
oa17a055How high do you think your personal net income and AOW will be, combined together, after your retirement at AOW age, in comparison to your current income?directly measured
oa17a056At present, supplementary pension schemes already offer the option of retiring either before or after the AOW age. Were you aware of this option?directly measured
oa17a057Do you have the option of retiring before the AOW age, when taking account of e.g. your supplementary pension, other assets (such as savings or self-owned home), or your partner’s income?directly measured
oa17a058Does your employer offer the option of retiring partially – the so-called part-time retirement?directly measured
oa17a059You have indicated that you could retire [more than 3 years / 3 years at most / 2 years at most / 1 year at most] before the AOW age. Do you intend to make use of this possibility?directly measured
oa17a060Would you take AOW at an earlier or later date, if this becomes possible?directly measured
oa17a061Would you take AOW at an earlier or later date, if this becomes possible?directly measured
oa17a062Do you intend to stop working as soon as you start receiving AOW?directly measured
oa17a063What choice would you make? - Choice 1directly measured
oa17a064What choice would you make? - Choice 2directly measured
oa17a065What choice would you make? - Choice 3directly measured
oa17a066What choice would you make? - Choice 4directly measured
oa17a067Was it difficult to answer the questions?directly measured
oa17a068Were the questions sufficiently clear?directly measured
oa17a069Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things?directly measured
oa17a070Was it an interesting subject?directly measured
oa17a071Did you enjoy answering the questions?directly measured
oa17a072Personal net month incomepreloaded
oa17a073AOW benefitderived
oa17a074Supplementary pensionderived
oa17a075Reduction of supplementary pension two years bridging AOWderived
oa17a076Reduction of supplementary pension four years bridging AOWderived
oa17a077Replacement ratio when taken at AOW agederived
oa17a078Costs to cover AOW gap 4 yearsderived
oa17a079Costs to cover AOW gap 2 yearsderived
oa17a080Part-time factorderived
oa17a081Correctionderived
oa17a082Starting date questionnaireconstructed
oa17a083Starting time questionnaireconstructed
oa17a084End date questionnaireconstructed
oa17a085End time questionnaireconstructed
oa17a086Duration in secondsderived

Questions

Questionnaire: Pension designs and continued working after retirement

The questionnaire was administered in Dutch

Browse Pension designs and continued working after retirement

Response Information

Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 1,649 (100%)
Non-response: 367 (22.3%)
Response: 1,282 (77.7%)
Complete: 1,271 (77.1%)
Incomplete: 11 (0.6%)
Collection Events
Period
03-04-2017 to 25-04-2017
Sample
random selection of working panel members aged 40 through 64 with a net income of at least 620 euros per month
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents