Abstract
The study was on employment- related factors influencing membership to voluntary pension
schemes among national government civil servants in Kitui County. The target population was
civil servants performing national government functions i.e functions that are not devolved to the
County Government of Kitui. It however excluded employees of parastatals and those serving
under the National Police Service Commission. In particular the researcher sought to establish
whether the independent variables i.e. retirement financial education, employment income, and
defined benefits pension scheme influence the dependent variable (membership to voluntary
pension schemes). The research used descriptive research design. The population size was 2,290
from which a sample size of 114 (5% of the population) was identified using the stratified
random sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data from the
respondents. The collected data were analyzed in both qualitative and inferential statistics using
SPSS data analysis computer application. The key findings were that employment income was
the most influential factor for membership to voluntary pension schemes among national
government civil servants in Kitui County. Retirement financial education was the second most
influential factor for membership to voluntary while defined benefits scheme was the least
influential among the factors studied. Further, the study established that there is a strong positive
correlation r(112) = 0.846, p
MWONGELI, P (2021). Employment-Related Factors Influencing Membership To Voluntary Pension Schemes Among National Gorvernment Civil Servants In Kitui County. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/employment-related-factors-influencing-membership-to-voluntary-pension-schemes-among-national-gorvernment-civil-servants-in-kitui-county
MWONGELI, PIUS "Employment-Related Factors Influencing Membership To Voluntary Pension Schemes Among National Gorvernment Civil Servants In Kitui County" Afribary. Afribary, 08 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/employment-related-factors-influencing-membership-to-voluntary-pension-schemes-among-national-gorvernment-civil-servants-in-kitui-county. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
MWONGELI, PIUS . "Employment-Related Factors Influencing Membership To Voluntary Pension Schemes Among National Gorvernment Civil Servants In Kitui County". Afribary, Afribary, 08 May. 2021. Web. 28 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/employment-related-factors-influencing-membership-to-voluntary-pension-schemes-among-national-gorvernment-civil-servants-in-kitui-county >.
MWONGELI, PIUS . "Employment-Related Factors Influencing Membership To Voluntary Pension Schemes Among National Gorvernment Civil Servants In Kitui County" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 28, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/employment-related-factors-influencing-membership-to-voluntary-pension-schemes-among-national-gorvernment-civil-servants-in-kitui-county