Demographic Profile of RespondentsBack
The raw data collected have been weighted according to preliminary figures obtained from the Census and
Statistics Department regarding the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population in 2009 year-end.
| Gender |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Male | 442 | 44.0 | 463 | 46.1 |
| Female | 562 | 56.0 | 541 | 53.9 |
| Total | 1,004 | 100.0 | 1004 | 100 |
| Age |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| 18 - 20 | 62 | 6.2 | 45 | 4.5 |
| 21 - 29 | 123 | 12.4 | 151 | 15.2 |
| 30 - 39 | 104 | 10.5 | 188 | 18.9 |
| 40 - 49 | 206 | 20.7 | 213 | 21.4 |
| 50 - 59 | 232 | 23.3 | 185 | 18.6 |
| 60 or above | 268 | 26.9 | 212 | 21.3 |
| Total | 995 | 100.0 | 995 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 9 | 9 | ||
| Education attainment |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Primary or below | 195 | 19.6 | 157 | 15.8 |
| Secondary | 509 | 51.1 | 496 | 49.8 |
| Tertiary or above | 292 | 29.3 | 343 | 34.5 |
| Total | 996 | 100.0 | 996 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 8 | 8 | ||
| The type of ownership of your house is: |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Self-purchased, or | 582 | 59.0 | 588 | 59.5 |
| Rent | 405 | 41.0 | 400 | 40.5 |
| Total | 987 | 100.0 | 988 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 17 | 16 | ||
| House type |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Public housing estate | 355 | 36.0 | 341 | 34.6 |
| Housing Authority subsidized sale flats | 166 | 16.8 | 163 | 16.5 |
| Housing Society subsidized sale flats | 18 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.8 |
| Private housing | 400 | 40.6 | 418 | 42.3 |
| Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses | 23 | 2.3 | 24 | 2.4 |
| Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses | 15 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.4 |
| Private temporary housing | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Staff quarters | 6 | 0.6 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Others | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 986 | 100.0 | 987 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 18 | 17 | ||
| Occupation |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Executives and professionals | 203 | 20.5 | 244 | 24.6 |
| Clerical and service workers | 189 | 19.1 | 216 | 21.9 |
| Production workers | 81 | 8.2 | 79 | 8.0 |
| Students | 75 | 7.6 | 68 | 6.9 |
| Housewives | 168 | 17.0 | 152 | 15.4 |
| Others | 273 | 27.6 | 230 | 23.3 |
| Total | 989 | 100.0 | 989 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 15 | 15 | ||
| Which class do you consider your family belongs to? |
| Raw sample | Weighted sample | |||
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
| Upper class | 5 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Upper-middle class | 34 | 3.4 | 38 | 3.8 |
| Middle class | 278 | 28.0 | 294 | 29.6 |
| Middle-Lower class | 347 | 35.0 | 355 | 35.7 |
| Lower-middle class | 308 | 31.0 | 284 | 28.6 |
| Don't know/ Hard to say | 20 | 2.0 | 19 | 1.9 |
| Total | 992 | 100.0 | 994 | 100.0 |
| Missing case (s) | 12 | 10 | ||







