Details of Element: Present Retirement or Cessation of Employment
Component of Abbreviated Genetics Survey

Unique Name: proco
Contained in the Common BLSA Data Set ? No

Data Points (as of 09/06/98) Males Females Total
Number of Data Points 3333 1315 4648
Number of Distinct Participants 1114 553 1667
Year First Collected 1959 1978 -
Year Last Collected 1990 1990 -

Type of Variable: Absolute Measure
Encoding: Discrete
    Value Meaning
    0 Not retired
    1 Retired for medical reasons
    2 Retired for personal reasons
    3 Involuntary retirement
    4 Retired, reasons unknown
    5 Stopped work due to illness or other responsibility
    9 Unknown retirement status
Precision: #.
Anticipated Range: 0. thru 9.
Masterfile Index: 402-01-03
Related Data Elements: none
Specific to this Data Element:
    Inclusion/Exclusion Rules: n/a
    Descriptive History: (none)
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