q24

Q.24　a. [SHOW CARD 16] Suppose that you are the president of a company. The company decides to employ one person, and then carries out an employment examination. The supervisor in charge reports to you saying, “Your relative who took the examination got the second highest grade. But I believe that either your relative or the candidate who got the highest grade would be satisfactory. What shall we do?” In such a case, which person would you employ?

1 One with the highest grade

2 Your relative

8 Other (Please specify: _________________________________________)

9 DK


		1	2	8	9

total		73.5	18	2.4	6.1

gender	Male	74.4	16.9	2.7	6
	Female	72.7	18.9	2.2	6.1

Age	20-24yrs	70.1	20.6	4.1	5.2
	25-29yrs	77.7	14.6	2.9	4.9
	30-34yrs	78.8	14.4	1.5	5.3
	35-39yrs	75.6	17.5	0.6	6.3
	40-44yrs	76.5	14.8	3.4	5.4
	45-49yrs	71.9	18.2	3.3	6.6
	50-54yrs	78.2	13.8	2.3	5.7
	55-59yrs	76.8	19.6	-	3.6
	60-64yrs	53.8	33.3	2.6	10.3
	65-69yrs	55	35	2.5	7.5
	70yrs-	64.2	20.8	3.8	11.3

Race	Chinese	71.6	18.7	2.8	6.9
	Malay	80.8	15.2	1.6	2.4
	Indian	75	19.6	-	5.4
	Others	88.9	7.4	3.7	-

b. [SHOW CARD 17] In the last question, we supposed that the one getting the second highest grade was your relative. Suppose that the one who got the second highest grade was the daughter or son of parents to whom you felt indebted. Which person would you employ?

1 One with the highest grade

2 Daughter or son of your benefactor

8 Other (Please specify: ________________________________________)

9 DK


		1	2	8	9

total		55.3	36.5	2.1	6.2

gender	Male	57.6	35.1	1.8	5.6
	Female	53.5	37.5	2.4	6.6

Age	20-24yrs	55.7	34	2.1	8.2
	25-29yrs	62.1	31.1	1.9	4.9
	30-34yrs	64.4	32.6	0.8	2.3
	35-39yrs	58.1	35.6	1.3	5
	40-44yrs	56.4	34.9	2.7	6
	45-49yrs	48.8	36.4	5.8	9.1
	50-54yrs	64.4	29.9	1.1	4.6
	55-59yrs	51.8	42.9	-	5.4
	60-64yrs	33.3	53.8	2.6	10.3
	65-69yrs	32.5	62.5	-	5
	70yrs-	43.4	39.6	3.8	13.2

Race	Chinese	53.2	37.8	2.5	6.4
	Malay	56.8	34.4	1.6	7.2
	Indian	63	32.6	-	4.3
	Others	81.5	18.5	-	-