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 | 467 | 46.0 | 490 | 48.3 |
Female | 548 | 54.0 | 525 | 51.7 |
Total | 1015 | 100.0 | 1015 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 59 | 6.2 | 50 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 152 | 16.1 | 160 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 151 | 16.0 | 225 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 245 | 25.9 | 214 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 196 | 20.7 | 120 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 143 | 15.1 | 178 | 18.8 |
Total | 946 | 100.0 | 946 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 69 | 69 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 159 | 15.9 | 156 | 15.6 |
Secondary | 567 | 56.7 | 552 | 55.2 |
Postgraduate or above | 274 | 27.4 | 291 | 29.1 |
Total | 1000 | 100.0 | 999 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 15 | 16 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 620 | 63.0 | 611 | 62.3 |
Rent | 364 | 37.0 | 369 | 37.7 |
Total | 984 | 100.0 | 980 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 31 | 35 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 330 | 33.9 | 325 | 33.6 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 170 | 17.5 | 169 | 17.4 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 11 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.2 |
Private housing | 429 | 44.0 | 427 | 44.1 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 14 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.4 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 13 | 1.3 | 14 | 1.5 |
Staff quarters | 6 | 0.6 | 7 | 0.8 |
Others | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Total | 974 | 100.0 | 969 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 41 | 46 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 225 | 22.8 | 239 | 24.2 |
Clerk and service workers | 214 | 21.6 | 225 | 22.7 |
Production workers | 95 | 9.6 | 89 | 9.0 |
Students | 88 | 8.9 | 81 | 8.2 |
Housewives | 195 | 19.7 | 166 | 16.7 |
Others | 172 | 17.4 | 190 | 19.2 |
Total | 989 | 100.0 | 989 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 26 | 26 |
Which class do you consider your family belongs to? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Upper class | 2 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.3 |
Upper-middle class | 46 | 4.6 | 43 | 4.3 |
Middle class | 322 | 32.1 | 321 | 32.0 |
Lower-middle class | 323 | 32.2 | 326 | 32.5 |
Lower class or grassroots | 284 | 28.3 | 284 | 28.4 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 25 | 2.5 | 24 | 2.4 |
Total | 1002 | 100.0 | 1001 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 13 | 14 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 75 | 7.5 | 79 | 7.9 |
No | 905 | 90.6 | 899 | 90.1 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 19 | 1.9 | 20 | 2.0 |
Total | 999 | 100.0 | 998 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 16 | 17 |