Demographic Profile of RespondentsBack
The raw data collected have been weighted according to preliminary figures obtained from the Census and Statistics Department regarding the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population in
2005 year-end. |
| Gender |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Male | 434 | 42.3 | 482 | 47.0 |
| Female | 592 | 57.7 | 544 | 53.0 |
| Total | 1,026 | 100.0 | 1,026 | 100.0 |
| Age |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| 18 - 20 | 56 | 5.6 | 47 | 4.7 |
| 21 - 29 | 123 | 12.3 | 149 | 14.9 |
| 30 - 39 | 131 | 13.1 | 207 | 20.6 |
| 40 - 49 | 260 | 25.9 | 242 | 24.1 |
| 50 - 59 | 232 | 23.1 | 167 | 16.6 |
| 60 or above | 201 | 20.0 | 192 | 19.1 |
| Total | 1,003 | 100.0 | 1,003 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 23 | 23 | ||
| Education attainment |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Primary or below | 213 | 20.8 | 187 | 18.3 |
| Secondary | 588 | 57.4 | 593 | 57.9 |
| Postgraduate or above | 223 | 21.8 | 244 | 23.8 |
| Total | 1,024 | 100.0 | 1,024 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 2 | 2 | ||
| The type of ownership of your house is: |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Self-purchased, or | 598 | 59.3 | 600 | 59.5 |
| Rent | 411 | 40.7 | 408 | 40.5 |
| Total | 1,009 | 100.0 | 1,008 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 17 | 18 | ||
| House type |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Public housing estate | 391 | 38.8 | 385 | 38.2 |
| Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 140 | 13.9 | 141 | 13.9 |
| Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 13 | 1.3 | 13 | 1.3 |
| Private housing | 430 | 42.6 | 435 | 43.1 |
| Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 14 | 1.4 | 15 | 1.5 |
| Public temporary housing | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Private temporary housing | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Staff quarters | 8 | 0.8 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Others | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Total | 1,009 | 100.0 | 1,009 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 17 | 17 | ||
| Occupation |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Executives and professionals | 146 | 14.5 | 171 | 16.9 |
| Clerical and service workers | 215 | 21.3 | 228 | 22.6 |
| Production workers | 127 | 12.6 | 136 | 13.5 |
| Students | 80 | 7.9 | 79 | 7.8 |
| Housewives | 192 | 19.0 | 160 | 15.9 |
| Others | 250 | 24.8 | 235 | 23.3 |
| Total | 1,010 | 100.0 | 1,008 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 16 | 18 | ||
| Which class do you consider your family belongs to? |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Upper class | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Upper-middle class | 41 | 4.0 | 42 | 4.1 |
| Middle class | 292 | 28.7 | 296 | 29.1 |
| Lower-middle class | 332 | 32.6 | 342 | 33.5 |
| Lower class or grassroots | 317 | 31.1 | 304 | 29.8 |
| Don't know/ Hard to say | 35 | 3.4 | 34 | 3.3 |
| Total | 1,019 | 100.0 | 1,020 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 7 | 6 | ||







