The main aim of this article is to trace the changes in the condition of households of retirees, based on data from the study “Social Diagnosis”. Author presents state from years 2000 and 2015. It appears that during last 15 years this social group has benefited from the economic changes, and their so called “declared economic situation”, including the conditions of life changed significantly.In addition, the aim of this article is to point out the importance of open access publishing data, and in particular an indication of the complementarity of research such as the “Social Diagnosis” in relation to research carried out by the Polish Central Statistical Office.The results clearly confirm the improvement in the economic situation and quali...