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 | 461 | 44.9 | 495 | 48.3 |
Female | 565 | 55.1 | 531 | 51.7 |
Total | 1026 | 100.0 | 1026 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 67 | 7.2 | 49 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 149 | 16.0 | 158 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 159 | 17.0 | 222 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 220 | 23.6 | 211 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 176 | 18.8 | 119 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 163 | 17.5 | 175 | 18.8 |
Total | 934 | 100.0 | 934 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 92 | 92 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 189 | 18.8 | 175 | 17.4 |
Secondary | 566 | 56.3 | 557 | 55.4 |
Postgraduate or above | 250 | 24.9 | 273 | 27.2 |
Total | 1005 | 100.0 | 1005 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 21 | 21 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 574 | 58.8 | 576 | 59.0 |
Rent | 402 | 41.2 | 399 | 41.0 |
Total | 976 | 100.0 | 975 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 50 | 51 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 340 | 34.9 | 333 | 34.2 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 146 | 15.0 | 144 | 14.8 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 10 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.0 |
Private housing | 449 | 46.1 | 455 | 46.7 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 12 | 1.2 | 13 | 1.4 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 10 | 1.0 | 11 | 1.1 |
Staff quarters | 6 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.6 |
Others | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
Total | 975 | 100.0 | 974 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 51 | 52 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 193 | 19.6 | 223 | 22.7 |
Clerk and service workers | 236 | 24.0 | 245 | 25.0 |
Production workers | 99 | 10.1 | 102 | 10.4 |
Students | 84 | 8.5 | 72 | 7.3 |
Housewives | 171 | 17.4 | 139 | 14.2 |
Others | 201 | 20.4 | 200 | 20.4 |
Total | 984 | 100.0 | 980 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 42 | 46 |
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 | 40 | 4.0 | 40 | 3.9 |
Middle class | 286 | 28.3 | 290 | 28.6 |
Lower-middle class | 310 | 30.6 | 315 | 31.1 |
Lower class or grassroots | 332 | 32.8 | 326 | 32.2 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 42 | 4.2 | 40 | 3.9 |
Total | 1012 | 100.0 | 1013 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 14 | 13 |
Is your family in negative equity? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Yes | 59 | 5.8 | 60 | 5.9 |
No | 937 | 92.4 | 936 | 92.3 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 18 | 1.8 | 18 | 1.8 |
Total | 1014 | 100.0 | 1015 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 12 | 11 |