q34

Q.34a Suppose that you are the president of a company. The company decides to hire one person, and then administers 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%	n
total		65.5%	29.5%	1.2%	3.8%	100.0%	901


gender	Male	64.4%	31.4%	1.1%	3.1%	100.0%	449
	Female	66.6%	27.7%	1.3%	4.4%	100.0%	452

age	18-19yrs	66.7%	27.8%	2.8%	2.8%	100.0%	36
	20-24yrs	64.0%	30.7%	-	5.3%	100.0%	75
	25-29yrs	58.4%	34.8%	-	6.7%	100.0%	89
	30-34yrs	62.5%	31.3%	0.9%	5.4%	100.0%	112
	35-39yrs	71.4%	27.1%	-	1.4%	100.0%	70
	40-44yrs	61.0%	31.0%	4.0%	4.0%	100.0%	100
	45-49yrs	61.6%	33.7%	-	4.7%	100.0%	86
	50-54yrs	69.3%	26.7%	-	4.0%	100.0%	75
	55-59yrs	75.4%	23.1%	1.5%	-	100.0%	65
	60-64yrs	61.9%	31.0%	3.6%	3.6%	100.0%	84
	65-69yrs	73.1%	26.9%	-	-	100.0%	52
	70yrs & over	71.9%	22.8%	1.8%	3.5%	100.0%	57

Q.34b 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 person to whom you felt indebted. Which person would you employ?

1 One with the highest grade

2 Daughter or son of person to whom you are indebted

8 Other (Please specify: ________________________________________)

9 DK


		1	2	8	9	total%	n
total		63.8%	29.9%	1.4%	4.9%	100.0%	901


gender	Male	61.5%	31.4%	2.0%	5.1%	100.0%	449
	Female	66.2%	28.3%	0.9%	4.6%	100.0%	452

age	18-19yrs	41.7%	50.0%	2.8%	5.6%	100.0%	36
	20-24yrs	60.0%	34.7%	1.3%	4.0%	100.0%	75
	25-29yrs	65.2%	27.0%	-	7.9%	100.0%	89
	30-34yrs	67.9%	22.3%	4.5%	5.4%	100.0%	112
	35-39yrs	68.6%	27.1%	-	4.3%	100.0%	70
	40-44yrs	62.0%	31.0%	2.0%	5.0%	100.0%	100
	45-49yrs	60.5%	33.7%	-	5.8%	100.0%	86
	50-54yrs	60.0%	36.0%	-	4.0%	100.0%	75
	55-59yrs	67.7%	29.2%	1.5%	1.5%	100.0%	65
	60-64yrs	58.3%	32.1%	3.6%	6.0%	100.0%	84
	65-69yrs	78.8%	21.2%	-	-	100.0%	52
	70yrs & over	70.2%	22.8%	-	7.0%	100.0%	57