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 | 411 | 45.0 | 441 | 48.3 |
Female | 503 | 55.0 | 473 | 51.7 |
Total | 914 | 100.0 | 914 | 100.0 |
Age |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
18 - 20 | 77 | 8.7 | 46 | 5.2 |
21 - 29 | 113 | 12.8 | 149 | 16.9 |
30 - 39 | 172 | 19.5 | 210 | 23.8 |
40 - 49 | 260 | 29.5 | 200 | 22.6 |
50 - 59 | 146 | 16.6 | 112 | 12.7 |
60 or above | 114 | 12.9 | 166 | 18.8 |
Total | 882 | 100.0 | 882 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 32 | 32 |
Education attainment |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Primary or below | 162 | 17.9 | 166 | 18.4 |
Secondary | 487 | 53.9 | 461 | 51.1 |
Postgraduate or above | 255 | 28.2 | 275 | 30.5 |
Total | 904 | 100.0 | 903 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 10 | 11 |
The type of ownership of your house is: |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Self-purchased, or | 520 | 59.6 | 504 | 58.0 |
Rent | 352 | 40.4 | 365 | 42.0 |
Total | 872 | 100.0 | 868 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 42 | 46 |
House type |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Public housing estate | 292 | 33.3 | 292 | 33.4 |
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 139 | 15.8 | 137 | 15.7 |
Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 5 | 0.6 | 5 | 0.5 |
Private housing | 407 | 46.4 | 401 | 45.9 |
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 11 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.4 |
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 8 | 0.9 | 9 | 1.0 |
Public temporary housing | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.2 |
Private temporary housing | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
Staff quarters | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1.1 |
Others | 4 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.7 |
Total | 878 | 100.0 | 875 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 36 | 39 |
Occupation |
Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Professionals and semi-professionals | 188 | 21.2 | 198 | 22.4 |
Clerk and service workers | 213 | 24.1 | 218 | 24.7 |
Production workers | 92 | 10.4 | 90 | 10.2 |
Students | 86 | 9.7 | 68 | 7.7 |
Housewives | 168 | 19.0 | 141 | 15.9 |
Others | 138 | 15.6 | 169 | 19.1 |
Total | 885 | 100.0 | 883 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 29 | 31 |
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 | 36 | 4.0 | 34 | 3.8 |
Middle class | 306 | 34.0 | 305 | 34.0 |
Lower-middle class | 270 | 30.0 | 264 | 29.4 |
Lower class or grassroots | 259 | 28.8 | 263 | 29.3 |
Don't know/ Hard to say | 25 | 2.8 | 28 | 3.1 |
Total | 899 | 100.0 | 897 | 100.0 |
Missing case (s) | 15 | 17 |