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| Variable | Question text | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Q20a_followup | When you claim your Social Security benefits at age ^Q19_age, about how much money in total do you think you will receive per month? Your best guess is okay. | money per month brackets |
| Q21 | Imagine an individual, Mr. Spencer Wills, who is retired from work and turning 63 today. Spencer expects his monthly Social Security retirement benefit to be about $2,000 if he claims now. How much should he expect his monthly benefit to be if he decides to wait another year and claim when he is 64? | expected monthly benefit |
| Q22a | When your spouse claims his or her Social Security benefits at age ^Q19c_age, about how much money do you think he or she will receive per month? Your best guess is okay. | spouse money per month brackets |
| Q22a_followup | When your spouse claims his or her Social Security benefits at age ^Q19c_age, about how much money do you think he or she will receive per month? Your best guess is okay. | spouse money per month brackets |
| q17 | At what age ^FLq17 retire? | age retire |
| q17_age | age retire | |
| q18_age | spouse age retire | |
| q18b | To the best of your knowledge, at what age ^FLQ18? | expected age spouse retire |
| q19_age | age claim SS | |
| q19a | At what age do you plan to claim your Social Security retirement benefits? | what age claim SS retirement benefits |
| q19b | At what age did you claim your Social Security retirement benefits? | age claim SS retirement benefits |
| q19c | At what age does your spouse plan to claim his or her Social Security retirement benefits? | what age spouse claim SS retirement benefits |
| q19c_age | age spouse claim SS | |
| q19d | At what age did your spouse claim his or her Social Security retirement benefits? | age spouse claimed SS retirement benefits |
| q20a | When you claim your Social Security benefits at age ^Q19_age, about how much money in total do you think you will receive per month? Your best guess is okay. | estimated monthly benefits |
| q22d | If you were for any reason not able to receive Social Security benefits until age 70, do you think you would be able to draw on other savings or income to maintain a reasonable standard of living until then? | maintain reasonable standard of living |