Demographic Profile of RespondentsBack
Figures for the weighted sample were obtained from weighting the figures of the raw sample by the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population, according to the 2001 Population Census results published by the HKSAR Government. |
Gender |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Male | 477 | 45.9 | 502 | 48.3 |
Female | 563 | 54.1 | 538 | 51.7 |
Total | 1040 | 100.0 | 1040 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 66 | 7.0 | 50 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 130 | 13.7 | 160 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 238 | 25.1 | 225 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 251 | 26.5 | 214 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 133 | 14.0 | 120 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 129 | 13.6 | 178 | 18.8 |
Total | 947 | 100.0 | 947 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 93 | 93 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 178 | 17.4 | 198 | 19.4 |
Secondary | 572 | 56.0 | 549 | 53.7 |
Postgraduate or above | 272 | 26.6 | 275 | 26.9 |
Total | 1022 | 100.0 | 1021 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 18 | 19 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 602 | 60.4 | 599 | 60.3 |
Rent | 394 | 39.6 | 395 | 39.7 |
Total | 996 | 100.0 | 994 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 44 | 46 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 313 | 31.0 | 313 | 31.0 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 155 | 15.3 | 155 | 15.4 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 7 | 0.7 | 7 | 0.7 |
Private housing | 480 | 47.5 | 475 | 47.2 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 18 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.7 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 16 | 1.6 | 18 | 1.8 |
Private temporary housing | 7 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.8 |
Staff quarters | 12 | 1.2 | 11 | 1.1 |
Others | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
Total | 1010 | 100.0 | 1007 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 30 | 33 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 239 | 23.9 | 239 | 23.9 |
Clerk and service workers | 230 | 23.0 | 226 | 22.6 |
Production workers | 126 | 12.6 | 124 | 12.4 |
Students | 67 | 6.7 | 58 | 5.8 |
Housewives | 169 | 16.9 | 153 | 15.4 |
Others | 167 | 16.7 | 198 | 19.9 |
Total | 998 | 100.0 | 997 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 42 | 43 |
class do you consider your family belongs to? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Upper class | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
Upper-middle class | 40 | 4.0 | 39 | 3.9 |
Middle class | 247 | 24.8 | 239 | 24.0 |
Lower-middle class | 314 | 31.5 | 314 | 31.6 |
Lower class or grassroots | 346 | 34.7 | 350 | 35.2 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 45 | 4.5 | 49 | 4.9 |
Total | 996 | 100.0 | 994 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 44 | 46 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 200 | 19.7 | 190 | 18.7 |
No | 789 | 77.8 | 795 | 78.6 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 25 | 2.5 | 27 | 2.7 |
Total | 1014 | 100.0 | 1012 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 26 | 28 |