Aging Survey 2006
Sri Lanka, 2006
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Reference ID
LKA_2006_AS_v01_M
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Human Development Unit - South Asia Region
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Jun 27, 2017
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Reason for retiring from full time work? (A3_1_141)
Data file: Elders_Final_May24V1
Overview
Valid:
1126
Invalid:
1287
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
11
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
137
End:
138
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reached mandatory retirement age of the job I was doing | 385 |
34.2%
|
| 2 | Incentives for early retirement | 9 |
0.8%
|
| 3 | Completion of contract | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 4 | I was forced retire for reasons other than age | 43 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Work was too stressful | 32 |
2.8%
|
| 6 | Traveling to work was too stressful | 14 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | Health reasons or illness | 381 |
33.8%
|
| 8 | Not physically well | 78 |
6.9%
|
| 9 | Family obligations | 58 |
5.2%
|
| 10 | Can’t remember/ don’t want to answer | 5 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Other (specify) | 107 |
9.5%
|
| Sysmiss | 1287 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.