48
Findings:
On the other hand, 72.9% of employees (N
-
2089) thought
that it was necessary to join a pension scheme. (Table 0058)
Of those who thought that a pension scheme was not necessary
*
to them (N 542), 3.1% gave the first reason, 42.8% gave the second,
3.3% the third, 29.7% the fourth, 25.1% other reasons.
(Table 00590063)
4.
Comparative value of benefits as offered in the proposed scheme
Question 11. Which of the above four benefits do you think is the most
useful? Which is next? Which is third? Which is last?
Sickness
Housing
Life Insurance
Retirement
Findings:
The frequency distribution of the rank order of need
of the four types of benefits are tabulated below (Table 0064, 0065,
0066, 0067):
Sickness Benefit Life Insurance
Rank
Retirement
Housing
1
1121
53.7%
101
4.8%
471 22.5% 347
16.6%
2
572
27.4%
480
23.0%
648 31.0% 305
14.6%
3
250
12.0%
787
37.7%
593 28.4% 359
17.2%
4
82
3.9%
627
30.0%
289
13.8% 995
47.6%
Undecided
64
3.1%
94
4.5%
88
4.2% 83
4.0%
TOTAL
2089
2089
2089
2089
MEAN RANK
1.651
2.972
2.350
2.998
The benefit that was considered to be most useful was
sickness benefit; the second was retirement benefit, the third and the
fourth were not quite distinguishable.
The ranking of housing loan was
more dispersed than that of the life insurance. The life insurance
rankings were more skewed to the lower ranks.