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 | 456 | 43.8 | 502 | 48.3 |
Female | 585 | 56.2 | 539 | 51.7 |
Total | 1041 | 100.0 | 1041 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 71 | 7.4 | 50 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 125 | 13.0 | 162 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 147 | 15.3 | 228 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 255 | 26.6 | 217 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 184 | 19.2 | 122 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 178 | 18.5 | 180 | 18.8 |
Total | 960 | 100.0 | 960 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 81 | 81 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 208 | 20.4 | 182 | 17.8 |
Secondary | 558 | 54.8 | 553 | 54.3 |
Postgraduate or above | 252 | 24.8 | 284 | 27.9 |
Total | 1018 | 100.0 | 1018 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 23 | 23 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 608 | 60.4 | 607 | 60.3 |
Rent | 399 | 39.6 | 400 | 39.7 |
Total | 1007 | 100.0 | 1007 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 34 | 34 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 353 | 34.8 | 348 | 34.4 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 153 | 15.1 | 160 | 15.7 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 16 | 1.6 | 17 | 1.6 |
Private housing | 443 | 43.7 | 442 | 43.6 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 16 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.5 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 19 | 1.9 | 19 | 1.9 |
Staff quarters | 12 | 1.2 | 11 | 1.1 |
Others | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
Total | 1014 | 100.0 | 1014 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 27 | 27 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 216 | 21.4 | 238 | 23.6 |
Clerk and service workers | 194 | 19.2 | 218 | 21.6 |
Production workers | 124 | 12.3 | 127 | 12.6 |
Students | 82 | 8.1 | 73 | 7.2 |
Housewives | 191 | 18.9 | 158 | 15.7 |
Others | 203 | 20.1 | 194 | 19.3 |
Total | 1010 | 100.0 | 1007 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 31 | 34 |
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 | 30 | 2.9 | 27 | 2.6 |
Middle class | 310 | 30.3 | 305 | 29.9 |
Lower-middle class | 332 | 32.5 | 347 | 33.9 |
Lower class or grassroots | 299 | 29.3 | 297 | 29.0 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 46 | 4.5 | 42 | 4.1 |
Total | 1022 | 100.0 | 1023 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 19 | 18 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 108 | 10.5 | 112 | 10.9 |
No | 901 | 87.9 | 897 | 87.4 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 16 | 1.6 | 17 | 1.7 |
Total | 1025 | 100.0 | 1026 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 16 | 15 |