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Question 8 (Cont'd.)
Findings:
(1) I have sufficient savings
(2) My employer has given us sufficient sickness benefit.
(3) The chance of getting injured or sick is slim.
(4) My family or friends will help me when I am sick.
(5) I need to solve that problem when it comes.
(6) Others.
A majority of 88.2% of employees thought that sickness insurance
which gave them income allowance when they could not work due to sickness
or injury was useful, while only 11.2% considered it useless and the rest
did not know the answer. (Table 0050)
Of those who considered it useless (N 233), only 5.2% gave
the first reason, but 21.5% the second, 21.9% the third, 3.9% the fourth,
19.7% the fifth and 36.5% other reasons.
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(Table 0051 - 0056).
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Present popularity of retirement benefits
Question 9. Have you joined a retirement benefits scheme?
(2) Have not
(1) Have
Finding:
Only 14.5% of employees (N
=
2089) had joined a retirement
benefits scheme. (Table 0057)
Question 10. Do you think it is necessary for you to join a retirement
benefits scheme or not?
(1) Not necessary
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Why? (Don't prompt)
(1) I have savings.
(2) Necessary (3) Don't know
(2) I am still young, and I don't need to worry about
retirement.
(3) My children will take care of me when I retire.
(4) Retirement is my future problem. I don't know what the
future world will be.
(5) Others