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 | 475 | 45.4 | 505 | 48.3 |
Female | 572 | 54.6 | 542 | 51.7 |
Total | 1047 | 100.0 | 1047 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 71 | 7.5 | 50 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 129 | 13.5 | 161 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 218 | 22.9 | 226 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 255 | 26.8 | 216 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 122 | 12.8 | 121 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 158 | 16.6 | 179 | 18.8 |
Total | 953 | 100.0 | 953 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 94 | 94 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 200 | 19.5 | 206 | 20.2 |
Secondary | 585 | 57.1 | 561 | 55.1 |
Postgraduate or above | 239 | 23.3 | 251 | 24.7 |
Total | 1024 | 100.0 | 1018 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 23 | 29 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 576 | 57.5 | 567 | 57.0 |
Rent | 425 | 42.5 | 428 | 43.0 |
Total | 1001 | 100.0 | 994 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 46 | 53 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 349 | 34.6 | 348 | 34.8 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 154 | 15.3 | 153 | 15.2 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
Private housing | 446 | 44.2 | 441 | 44.0 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 22 | 2.2 | 22 | 2.2 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 21 | 2.1 | 22 | 2.2 |
Private temporary housing | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
Staff quarters | 8 | 0.8 | 8 | 0.8 |
Others | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
Total | 1008 | 100.0 | 1001 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 39 | 46 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 191 | 19.1 | 200 | 20.1 |
Clerk and service workers | 216 | 21.6 | 209 | 21.1 |
Production workers | 145 | 14.5 | 144 | 14.5 |
Students | 76 | 7.6 | 69 | 6.9 |
Housewives | 173 | 17.3 | 158 | 15.9 |
Others | 198 | 19.8 | 212 | 21.4 |
Total | 999 | 100.0 | 992 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 48 | 55 |
class do you consider your family belongs to? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Upper class | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.5 |
Upper-middle class | 33 | 3.2 | 32 | 3.2 |
Middle class | 247 | 24.3 | 240 | 23.7 |
Lower-middle class | 332 | 32.7 | 324 | 32.1 |
Lower class or grassroots | 346 | 34.1 | 354 | 35.0 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 53 | 5.2 | 55 | 5.4 |
Total | 1016 | 100.0 | 1011 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 31 | 36 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 201 | 19.7 | 197 | 19.4 |
No | 791 | 77.6 | 792 | 78.0 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 27 | 2.6 | 26 | 2.6 |
Total | 1019 | 100.0 | 1015 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 28 | 32 |