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68.9% of employers (N = 450)

thought that employees had sole.

responsibility towards solving their own housing problems. 22.7% felt that

the housing problem should be jointly shouldered between the employers and

employees. 2.7% felt that it should be the sole responsibility of the

employers and 5.8% specified other considerations.

(Table 10006)

Question 6. Which of the above four welfare benefits do you think the company

should provide for first? Which second? Which third? Fourth?

Sickness

Retirement Benefit

Life Insurance

Housing

Findings:

Regarding sickness benefits, 74% of the companies felt that this

was of first priority, 15.8% considered this as second priority, 5.8% as

third, 1.1% as fourth, and 3.3% were undecided.

(Table 10007)

Concerning life insurance, 3.1% ranked it as first priority,

16.9% as second priority, 29.1% as third, 37.3% as fourth and 13.6% were

undecided.

(Table 10008)

For retirement benefits, 11.8% ranked it as first priority, 34%

as second priority, 28.7% as third, 13.8% as fourth, and 11.8% were undecided.

(Table 10009)

Regarding housing benefits, 9.6% ranked it as first priority, 22.9%

as second priority, 21.8% as third, 33.3% as fourth, and 12.4% were

undecided. (Table 10010)

Of the four types of benefits, sickness benefit was considered

first, retirement benefit second, housing benefit third and life insurance

fourth.

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