q34

Q.34a [SHOW CARD 23] 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 Don't know

		1	2	8	9	total%	n
total		85.0%	12.9%	0.1%	2.0%	100.0%	2002
gender	Male	83.9%	13.7%	0.3%	2.2%	100.0%	782
	Female	85.7%	12.5%	-	1.9%	100.0%	1220
age	18 - 19 years	88.8%	10.4%	-	0.7%	100.0%	134
	20 - 24 years	86.7%	12.0%	-	1.3%	100.0%	309
	25 - 29 years	84.2%	13.7%	-	2.1%	100.0%	285
	30 - 34 years	86.1%	11.2%	-	2.6%	100.0%	267
	35 - 39 years	79.9%	17.1%	-	3.0%	100.0%	269
	40 - 44 years	83.1%	13.9%	1.0%	2.0%	100.0%	201
	45 - 49 years	90.1%	8.1%	-	1.9%	100.0%	161
	50 - 54 years	87.5%	10.3%	-	2.2%	100.0%	136
	55 - 59 years	77.4%	20.2%	-	2.4%	100.0%	84
	60 - 64 years	89.2%	9.7%	-	1.1%	100.0%	93
	65 - 69 years	79.4%	19.0%	-	1.6%	100.0%	63
cent	Mumbai	79.6%	14.4%	-	6.0%	100.0%	250
	Delhi	80.0%	17.6%	-	2.4%	100.0%	250
	Kolkata	97.8%	2.2%	-	-	100.0%	225
	Chennai	82.2%	16.4%	0.4%	0.9%	100.0%	225
	Bangalore	92.4%	6.7%	-	0.9%	100.0%	225
	Hyderabad	81.3%	17.3%	-	1.3%	100.0%	225
	Ahmedabad	90.7%	8.9%	-	0.4%	100.0%	225
	Pune	84.9%	12.7%	-	2.4%	100.0%	126
	Ludhiana	96.8%	2.4%	-	0.8%	100.0%	126
	Kochi	58.4%	35.2%	0.8%	5.6%	100.0%	125

Q.34b [SHOW CARD 24] 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 person to whom you are indebted

8 Other (Please Specify) _______

9 Don't know

		1	2	8	9	total%	n
total		79.2%	18.1%	0.6%	2.1%	100.0%	2002
gender	Male	77.6%	19.1%	0.8%	2.6%	100.0%	782
	Female	80.2%	17.5%	0.5%	1.8%	100.0%	1220
age	18 - 19 years	80.6%	17.9%	-	1.5%	100.0%	134
	20 - 24 years	80.3%	17.8%	1.0%	1.0%	100.0%	309
	25 - 29 years	79.3%	17.9%	0.4%	2.5%	100.0%	285
	30 - 34 years	78.7%	18.7%	-	2.6%	100.0%	267
	35 - 39 years	75.8%	20.1%	0.7%	3.3%	100.0%	269
	40 - 44 years	76.6%	21.4%	0.5%	1.5%	100.0%	201
	45 - 49 years	87.0%	11.2%	0.6%	1.2%	100.0%	161
	50 - 54 years	82.4%	13.2%	2.2%	2.2%	100.0%	136
	55 - 59 years	67.9%	29.8%	-	2.4%	100.0%	84
	60 - 64 years	82.8%	16.1%	-	1.1%	100.0%	93
	65 - 69 years	77.8%	15.9%	1.6%	4.8%	100.0%	63
cent	Mumbai	79.2%	16.4%	-	4.4%	100.0%	250
	Delhi	68.8%	29.6%	-	1.6%	100.0%	250
	Kolkata	84.4%	15.6%	-	-	100.0%	225
	Chennai	83.6%	13.8%	1.3%	1.3%	100.0%	225
	Bangalore	87.6%	12.4%	-	-	100.0%	225
	Hyderabad	83.1%	14.2%	0.4%	2.2%	100.0%	225
	Ahmedabad	76.9%	22.2%	-	0.9%	100.0%	225
	Pune	84.1%	11.9%	-	4.0%	100.0%	126
	Ludhiana	72.2%	27.0%	-	0.8%	100.0%	126
	Kochi	66.4%	18.4%	6.4%	8.8%	100.0%	125