Generosity of retiree health care benefits offered to former elected officials
Full Question Text
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retiree health care benefits - or lack thereof - for former elected officials 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 former elected officials 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% | 15% | 5% | 4% | 11% |
| About Right | 50% | 38% | 33% | 21% | 35% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 8% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 4% | |
| Not Applicable | 8% | 40% | 57% | 75% | 48% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 2% | |
| % 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 former elected officials 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 | 0% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 25% | 11% |
| About Right | 20% | 25% | 33% | 40% | 48% | 35% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 0% | 5% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 4% | |
| Not Applicable | 75% | 65% | 55% | 45% | 19% | 48% | |
| Don't Know | 5% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | |
| % 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 former elected officials 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 | 5% | 18% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 14% | 11% |
| About Right | 41% | 26% | 54% | 32% | 37% | 33% | 35% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 9% | 7% | 6% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 4% | |
| Not Applicable | 40% | 45% | 35% | 60% | 49% | 49% | 48% | |
| Don't Know | 5% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | |