Table 6. Benefits received by South African wage workers by level of job formality (%).

	Low	Medium	High	Total
Pension	8.89% (1.70)	69.55%*** (2.31)	97.24%*** (0.79)	47.74% (1.27)
Receive end of year bonus	9.96% (1.12)	41.80%*** (2.58)	74.21%*** (2.25)	35.21% (1.22)
Written contract	39.28% (1.69)	88.06%*** (1.57)	93.17%*** (1.26)	65.86% (1.19)
Unemployment Insurance Fund	37.10% (1.73)	89.76%*** (1.50)	89.62%*** (1.29)	64.26% (1.18)
Medical aid	1.64% (0.56)	18.32%*** (1.99)	72.14%*** (2.32)	24.87% (1.10)

Note: The data are weighted. Standard errors in parenthesis. Differences from the low formality group are statistically significant at: ***P<0.01; **P<0.05; *P<0.10.

Source: Authors’ calculations from NIDS (2008).