Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Spring 2015, Question 18a

Generosity of retirement income benefits offered to new hires

Full Question Text

Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits)

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for new hires to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits) Too Generous 9% 3% 8% 3% 5%
About Right 75% 47% 70% 59% 56%
Not Generous Enough 11% 5% 19% 14% 10%
Not Applicable 5% 41% 1% 14% 26%
Don't Know 0% 4% 2% 9% 4%