This article explores whether and to what degree information on the socioeconomic status – measured by professional status and disposable household income – allows making reliable statements on the willingness to remain in work in retirement age. These observations are controlled for professional and individual characteristics. The data basis is constituted by the study entitled “Continuing in employment in pensionable age” with N = 1,500 dependent employees aged from 55 to under 65. Logistic regressions show that the socioeconomic status makes a statistically-significant contribution towards explaining the willingness to continue in employment: In comparison to employees with a lower or medium professional status, those individuals who have a high professional status tended to be significantly more willing to remain in working life for longer. There is a negative connection between the disposable household income and the willingness to remain in employment in retirement age. The significant effects that were found are however restricted to the women in the study.

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This article addresses demographic changes with respect to future long-term care in Germany. The discourse focuses on fertility issues and consequences for long-term care: Which effects can be expected on long-term care assuming a growing fertility rate? Are higher fertility rates a practicable and sufficient approach to meet the need for increasing long-term care? The comparison of different population forecast variants shows that past demographic trends will have strong effects on the future age structure in the long run, even when taking into account a realistic estimate of rising fertility numbers.