Generosity of retirement income benefits offered to current elected officials
Full Question Text
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for current elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits)
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for current elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits) | Too Generous | 14% | 4% | 2% | 0% | 4% |
| About Right | 80% | 81% | 60% | 57% | 75% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 6% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 8% | |
| Don't Know | 0% | 7% | 28% | 39% | 13% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for current elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits) | Too Generous | 1% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 9% | 4% |
| About Right | 79% | 73% | 69% | 75% | 78% | 75% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 6% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 7% | 8% | |
| Don't Know | 14% | 15% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 13% | |
| % 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 retirement income benefits - or lack thereof - for current elected officials to be too generous, about right, or not generous enough? (Among those jurisdictions that reported offering some kind of retirement income benefits) | Too Generous | 5% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| About Right | 71% | 80% | 79% | 80% | 66% | 71% | 75% | |
| Not Generous Enough | 13% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 8% | |
| Don't Know | 12% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 22% | 14% | 13% | |