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There was little variation between the subgroups in the sample. There

was a slight tendency for older women to be more satisfied with their

income level (100 of older women rated this as good or average compared

to 78, 87, and 82 of younger men, oldermen and younger women) and their

employer (89 of older women rated their employer as good compared to 56

of the younger men, 61 of the older men and 62 of the younger women).

with regard to welfare benefits, not surprisingly the respondents in the

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large firms who, as we have seen, received far more welfare benefits, more frequently rated this aspect of their jobs good (54) than did respondents

in the small firms (18).

The workers in the sample were also asked in connection with their present job in what way they felt aspects of their jobs would be best improved. 5

Table 7 below gives the results. Table 7 shows joint consultation to be

easily the most popular with 42 of the respondents favouring it. Employer's

initiative and government legislation are the next most frequently mentioned

but are some way behind joint consultations with 26 and 21 respondents.

Only Gae respondent chose trade union bargaining and respected intermediaries,

despite Jarče and Agassis propositions concerning the importance of "face"

and Chinese family structure, attracted only six respondents. There was

some considerable variation with the sub groups in the sample here.

consultation was in fact the first choice of only older men and younger

Women. Younger men favoured government legislation while older women, in

line with their more deferential attitudes, favoured employer's initiative.

There were slightly larger differences between the skilled and other workers.

The skilled workers in fact preferred employer's initiative, perhaps

reflecting their better market situation, while the semi-skilled and

unskilled groups went for joint consultation.

Joint