For many older women, marriage is still considered a retirement plan, because these women can barely rely on their own pensions. This is particularly the case for women who have been married for a long time, according to a study by WZB researcher Anette Fasang. Together with Silke Aisenbrey (New York) and Klaus Schömann (Bremen), she examined retirement income of (West) German and British women who were born between 1930 and 1940.