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 | 258 | 50.3 | 248 | 48.3 |
Female | 255 | 49.7 | 265 | 51.7 |
Total | 513 | 100.0 | 513 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 35 | 7.0 | 26 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 69 | 13.7 | 85 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 93 | 18.5 | 119 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 135 | 26.8 | 114 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 93 | 18.5 | 64 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 78 | 15.5 | 94 | 18.8 |
Total | 503 | 100.0 | 503 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 10 | 10 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 98 | 19.3 | 97 | 19.1 |
Secondary | 283 | 55.8 | 278 | 54.6 |
Postgraduate or above | 126 | 24.9 | 134 | 26.3 |
Total | 507 | 100.0 | 509 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 6 | 4 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 283 | 57.1 | 283 | 57.1 |
Rent | 213 | 42.9 | 213 | 42.9 |
Total | 496 | 100.0 | 496 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 17 | 17 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 176 | 35.8 | 173 | 35.2 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 85 | 17.3 | 86 | 17.6 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 4 | 0.8 | 5 | 1.1 |
Private housing | 203 | 41.3 | 203 | 41.2 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 9 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.9 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.5 |
Private temporary housing | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
Staff quarters | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.8 |
Others | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 |
Total | 492 | 100.0 | 491 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 21 | 22 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 93 | 18.5 | 94 | 18.8 |
Clerk and service workers | 104 | 20.7 | 114 | 22.6 |
Production workers | 72 | 14.3 | 64 | 12.8 |
Students | 38 | 7.6 | 35 | 7.0 |
Housewives | 84 | 16.7 | 79 | 15.7 |
Others | 111 | 22.1 | 116 | 23.1 |
Total | 502 | 100.0 | 503 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 11 | 10 |
class do you consider your family belongs to? |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Upper class | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.6 |
Upper-middle class | 28 | 5.6 | 29 | 5.7 |
Middle class | 153 | 30.4 | 154 | 30.6 |
Lower-middle class | 151 | 30.0 | 152 | 30.1 |
Lower class or grassroots | 157 | 31.2 | 154 | 30.5 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 11 | 2.2 | 13 | 2.5 |
Total | 503 | 100.0 | 505 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 10 | 8 |