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 | 468 | 45.5 | 497 | 48.3 |
Female | 561 | 54.5 | 532 | 51.7 |
Total | 1029 | 100.0 | 1029 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 68 | 7.3 | 49 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 149 | 16.0 | 158 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 154 | 16.5 | 222 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 256 | 27.4 | 211 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 153 | 16.4 | 119 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 154 | 16.5 | 175 | 18.8 |
Total | 934 | 100.0 | 934 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 95 | 95 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 187 | 18.5 | 177 | 17.6 |
Secondary | 548 | 54.1 | 532 | 52.7 |
Postgraduate or above | 278 | 27.4 | 300 | 29.7 |
Total | 1013 | 100.0 | 1009 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 16 | 20 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 573 | 58.3 | 576 | 58.7 |
Rent | 410 | 41.7 | 405 | 41.3 |
Total | 983 | 100.0 | 981 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 46 | 48 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 351 | 35.6 | 345 | 35.1 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 155 | 15.7 | 154 | 15.7 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.0 |
Private housing | 430 | 43.7 | 435 | 44.3 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 12 | 1.2 | 12 | 1.2 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 11 | 1.1 | 10 | 1.0 |
Public temporary housing | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
Private temporary housing | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Staff quarters | 10 | 1.0 | 9 | 0.9 |
Others | 3 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.4 |
Total | 985 | 100.0 | 982 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 44 | 47 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 200 | 19.9 | 221 | 22.2 |
Clerk and service workers | 227 | 22.6 | 233 | 23.3 |
Production workers | 112 | 11.2 | 109 | 10.9 |
Students | 89 | 8.9 | 76 | 7.6 |
Housewives | 177 | 17.6 | 150 | 15.1 |
Others | 198 | 19.7 | 209 | 20.9 |
Total | 1003 | 100.0 | 999 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 26 | 30 |
Which class do you consider your family belongs to? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Upper class | 3 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.3 |
Upper-middle class | 41 | 4.0 | 41 | 4.1 |
Middle class | 332 | 32.6 | 331 | 32.7 |
Lower-middle class | 309 | 30.4 | 308 | 30.4 |
Lower class or grassroots | 291 | 28.6 | 288 | 28.4 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 41 | 4.0 | 42 | 4.2 |
Total | 1017 | 100.0 | 1014 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 12 | 15 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 65 | 6.4 | 62 | 6.1 |
No | 936 | 91.8 | 934 | 91.8 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 19 | 1.9 | 21 | 2.1 |
Total | 1020 | 100.0 | 1018 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 9 | 11 |