Generosity of retiree health care benefits offered to retired employees
Full Question Text
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for retired employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits)
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for retired employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits) | Too Generous | 34% | 25% | 47% | 30% | 38% |
| About Right | 53% | 47% | 48% | 41% | 48% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 8% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 3% | |
| Not Applicable | 5% | 27% | 1% | 22% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for retired employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits) | Too Generous | 20% | 41% | 38% | 33% | 46% | 38% |
| About Right | 41% | 41% | 50% | 57% | 45% | 48% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 5% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 3% | |
| Not Applicable | 35% | 16% | 10% | 7% | 2% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for retired employees to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retiree health care benefits) | Too Generous | 43% | 24% | 24% | 45% | 24% | 46% | 38% |
| About Right | 44% | 32% | 71% | 41% | 61% | 43% | 48% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 0% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% | |
| Not Applicable | 14% | 37% | 2% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | |