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 | ||








