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CONFIDENTIAL

Cross-tabulation by Age

The percentage of respondents having life insurance policies

increased with age.(Table 0132)

The percentage of respondents who considered that life insurance

was useful was unrelated with age.

(Table 0134)

The number of respondents who had bought medical insurance was

too small for meaningful breakdown.

There number of respondents who had bought sickness insurance was

too small for meaningful breakdown.

There was no relationship between age and the response to whether

sickness insurance was useful. (Table 0172)

Relatively less respondents of age below 20 had joined retirement

benefits scheme. (Table 0228)

Relatively less respondents of age below 30 considered it

necessary to join a pension scheme. (Table 0229)

There was no relationship between age and the rank order of

sickness benefit given by the respondents. (Table 0230)

There was no relationship between age and the rank order of life

insurance given by the respondents. (Table 0231)

The older the respondent, the more he (or she) tended to assign

a higher rank to retirement benefits scheme. (Table 0232)

Respondents of the age category 20-29 tended to assign higher

rank to housing benefits than those of other age categories. (Table 0233)

There was no relationship between age and the willingness of the

respondents to join this insurance scheme. (Table 0235)