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, gYour 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?h In such a case, which person would you employ? [SHOW CARD 23]

1 One with the highest grade
2 Your relative
8 Other (Please specify: _________________________________________)
9 DK
1 2 8 9 total% n
total 76.0% 19.7% 2.3% 2.0% 100.0% 700
               
gender Male 74.5% 21.7% 2.4% 1.5% 100.0% 337
Female 77.4% 17.9% 2.2% 2.5% 100.0% 363
               
age 18-19yrs 72.4% 17.2% 3.4% 6.9% 100.0% 29
20-24yrs 65.2% 30.3% 1.5% 3.0% 100.0% 66
25-29yrs 78.7% 19.7% 1.6% - 100.0% 61
30-34yrs 67.8% 27.1% 1.7% 3.4% 100.0% 59
35-39yrs 80.0% 16.0% 1.3% 2.7% 100.0% 75
40-44yrs 77.8% 18.5% 2.5% 1.2% 100.0% 81
45-49yrs 75.0% 17.6% 4.4% 2.9% 100.0% 68
50-54yrs 72.2% 22.2% 5.6% - 100.0% 54
55-59yrs 79.0% 16.1% 3.2% 1.6% 100.0% 62
60-64yrs 83.6% 16.4% - - 100.0% 73
65-70yrs 79.2% 16.7% 1.4% 2.8% 100.0% 72
               
suburb NSW 77.3% 19.0% 2.0% 1.7% 100.0% 300
QLD 72.4% 22.9% 2.4% 2.4% 100.0% 170
VIC 77.0% 18.3% 2.6% 2.2% 100.0% 230

Q34b 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? [SHOW CARD 24]

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 67.1% 27.4% 2.0% 3.4% 100.0% 700
               
gender Male 65.6% 28.5% 1.8% 4.2% 100.0% 337
Female 68.6% 26.4% 2.2% 2.8% 100.0% 363
               
age 18-19yrs 51.7% 31.0% 3.4% 13.8% 100.0% 29
20-24yrs 62.1% 33.3% 1.5% 3.0% 100.0% 66
25-29yrs 65.6% 26.2% 3.3% 4.9% 100.0% 61
30-34yrs 57.6% 35.6% 1.7% 5.1% 100.0% 59
35-39yrs 69.3% 26.7% 1.3% 2.7% 100.0% 75
40-44yrs 66.7% 27.2% 1.2% 4.9% 100.0% 81
45-49yrs 64.7% 30.9% 2.9% 1.5% 100.0% 68
50-54yrs 72.2% 24.1% 3.7% - 100.0% 54
55-59yrs 72.6% 21.0% 3.2% 3.2% 100.0% 62
60-64yrs 68.5% 31.5% - - 100.0% 73
65-70yrs 77.8% 16.7% 1.4% 4.2% 100.0% 72
               
suburb NSW 67.0% 28.0% 0.7% 4.3% 100.0% 300
QLD 65.3% 28.2% 2.9% 3.5% 100.0% 170
VIC 68.7% 26.1% 3.0% 2.2% 100.0% 230