q34

Q.34a [SHOW CARD 23] 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%	n
total		76.1%	18.3%	-	5.6%	100.0%	1,032


gender	Male	76.1%	17.7%	-	6.2%	100.0%	485
	Female	76.1%	18.8%	-	5.1%	100.0%	547


age	20-24yrs	82.7%	10.9%	-	6.4%	100.0%	110
	25-29yrs	74.5%	18.2%	-	7.3%	100.0%	110
	30-34yrs	82.1%	14.6%	-	3.3%	100.0%	123
	35-39yrs	75.2%	18.2%	-	6.6%	100.0%	137
	40-44yrs	76.2%	20.3%	-	3.5%	100.0%	143
	45-49yrs	75.8%	19.5%	-	4.7%	100.0%	128
	50-54yrs	77.7%	14.6%	-	7.8%	100.0%	103
	55-59yrs	64.6%	29.3%	-	6.1%	100.0%	82
	60-64yrs	69.6%	23.2%	-	7.1%	100.0%	56
	65-69yrs	75.0%	20.0%	-	5.0%	100.0%	40


race	Chinese	74.8%	19.0%	-	6.3%	100.0%	781
	Malay	81.1%	15.6%	-	3.3%	100.0%	122
	Indian	84.5%	11.3%	-	4.1%	100.0%	97
	Others	62.5%	34.4%	-	3.1%	100.0%	32

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 your benefactor

8 Other (Please specify: ________________________________________________)

9 DK

		1	2	8	9	total%	n
total		60.4%	33.9%	-	5.7%	100.0%	1,032


gender	Male	61.6%	33.0%	-	5.4%	100.0%	485
	Female	59.2%	34.7%	-	6.0%	100.0%	547


age	20-24yrs	69.1%	25.5%	-	5.5%	100.0%	110
	25-29yrs	60.9%	33.6%	-	5.5%	100.0%	110
	30-34yrs	68.3%	26.0%	-	5.7%	100.0%	123
	35-39yrs	58.4%	35.8%	-	5.8%	100.0%	137
	40-44yrs	58.0%	39.2%	-	2.8%	100.0%	143
	45-49yrs	58.6%	36.7%	-	4.7%	100.0%	128
	50-54yrs	58.3%	33.0%	-	8.7%	100.0%	103
	55-59yrs	56.1%	36.6%	-	7.3%	100.0%	82
	60-64yrs	53.6%	39.3%	-	7.1%	100.0%	56
	65-69yrs	55.0%	37.5%	-	7.5%	100.0%	40


race	Chinese	60.2%	33.4%	-	6.4%	100.0%	781
	Malay	60.7%	36.1%	-	3.3%	100.0%	122
	Indian	66.0%	30.9%	-	3.1%	100.0%	97
	Others	46.9%	46.9%	-	6.3%	100.0%	32