# Self-reported retirement status / partnership quality

**URL:** <https://forum.lifbi.de/t/self-reported-retirement-status-partnership-quality/5474>\
**Category:** FDZ SOEP\
**Tags:** retirement, partnership, soep\_core, fdz\_soep\
**Created:** [3. Juni 2026 um 14:55 UTC](https://forum.lifbi.de/t/self-reported-retirement-status-partnership-quality/5474 "2026-06-03T14:55:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mariedza](https://forum.lifbi.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@mariedza](https://forum.lifbi.de/u/mariedza)\
**Post date:** [3. Juni 2026 um 14:55 UTC](https://forum.lifbi.de/t/self-reported-retirement-status-partnership-quality/5474/1 "2026-06-03T14:55:53Z")

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### Dataversion

SOEP Corev41

### Data Set

SOEP Core

### Please describe your problem

I read several papers that used the „self-reported retirement status“ as a treatment variable. However, I cannot find that variable but only plc0232\_h which is the receipt of old-age pension and pgstib which is the occupation and contains a generated category for retirement. Does anyone know which variable corresponds to the self-reported retirement status?

Further, I am looking for a variable indiating the partnership quality (not satisfaction with family life).

Can somebod help? Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![SOEP\_P.Kaminsky](https://forum.lifbi.de/user_avatar/forum.lifbi.de/soep_p.kaminsky/32/205_2.png) [@SOEP\_P.Kaminsky](https://forum.lifbi.de/u/SOEP_P.Kaminsky)\
**Post date:** [4. Juni 2026 um 13:57 UTC](https://forum.lifbi.de/t/self-reported-retirement-status-partnership-quality/5474/2 "2026-06-04T13:57:55Z")

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Hey mariedza,

The best answer regarding pensions would certainly be the PKAL dataset.  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/))

Here you can find the variables kal1e01, kal1e02, kal2d01 and kal2d02. This is where the data is most complete. The corresponding variable in PL should be pab0005.  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal1e01](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal1e01))  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal1e02](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal1e02))  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal2d01](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal2d01))  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal2d02](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pkal/kal2d02))  
([https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pl/pab0005](https://paneldata.org/soep-core/datasets/pl/pab0005))

Hope this helps!