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 | ||








