Demographic Profile of RespondentsBack


The latest figures released today have been rim-weighted according to figures provided by the Census and Statistics Department. The gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population came from “Mid-year population for 2017”, while the educational attainment (highest level attended) distribution and economic activity status distribution came from “Women and Men in Hong Kong - Key Statistics (2018 Edition)”. In the past, the mobile sample would be rim-weighted according to the basic Public Sentiment Index (PSI) figures collected in the landline sample. In July 2018, POP further refined the weighting method. The landline sample and the mobile sample would no longer be processed separately. The mobile would also no longer be adjusted using the basic PSI figures collected in the landline sample. The overall effect is that the importance of the mobile sample would be increased.



Gender
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Male 399 39.9 473 47.3
Female 601 60.1 527 52.7
Total 1000 100.0 1000 100.0


Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
18 - 29 178 18.2 168 17.1
30 - 39 105 10.7 161 16.4
40 - 49 176 18.0 171 17.5
50 - 59 169 17.2 199 20.3
60 - 69 168 17.1 151 15.4
70 or above 184 18.8 130 13.3
Total 980 100.0 980 100.0
Missing case (s) 20 20


Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Primary or below 137 13.8 190 19.2
Junior secondary (F.1 - F.3) 135 13.6 136 13.7
Senior secondary (F.4 - F.7) 268 27.1 334 33.8
Tertiary, non-degree 97 9.8 67 6.7
Tertiary, degree (Bachelor's degree) 353 35.7 263 26.6
Total 990 100.0 990 100.0
Missing case (s) 10 10


District
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong Island (Southern,Wanchai,Central and Western,Eastern) 178 18.1 141 14.3
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin,Kwun Tong) 170 17.3 181 18.5
Kowloon West (Kowloon City,Sham Shui Po,Yau Tsim Mong) 116 11.8 105 10.7
New Territories East (Sha Tin,Tai Po,Northern,Sai Kung) 209 21.3 214 21.8
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan,Kwai Tsing,Tuen Mun,Yuen Long and Islands) 309 31.5 341 34.7
Total 982 100.0 982 100.0
Missing case (s) 18 18


Are you a registered voter?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Yes (including those who have just registered) 836 84.0 806 80.9
No 159 16.0 190 19.1
Total 995 100.0 996 100.0
Missing case (s) 5 4


Political inclination
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Inclined toward the pro-democracy camp 300 30.8 282 28.8
Inclined toward the pro-establishment camp 144 14.8 154 15.7
Inclined toward the centrist 313 32.2 337 34.5
No political inclination / Politically neutral / Don’t belong to any camp 157 16.1 143 14.6
Others / Don’t know / Hard to say 59 6.1 62 6.4
Total 973 100.0 978 100.0
Missing case (s) 27 22


The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Self-purchased, or 560 57.6 499 51.2
Rented 413 42.4 475 48.8
Total 973 100.0 974 100.0
Missing case (s) 27 26


House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Public housing (including the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme and other public rental housing units) 314 32.6 364 37.9
HOS flats with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flats) 135 14.0 141 14.7
Private housing (including HOS flats and other subsidized housing with premium paid, village houses and staff quarters) 500 52.0 438 45.6
Others (including student dormitories, elderly homes, industrial buildings, hotels, temporary housing, etc.) 13 1.4 18 1.8
Total 962 100.0 960 100.0
Missing case (s) 38 40


Marital status
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Single 267 27.6 257 26.6
Married/ Cohabiting 583 60.3 610 63.0
Divorced / Separated/Widowed 117 12.1 101 10.4
Total 967 100.0 968 100.0
Missing case (s) 33 32


Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Administrators and professionals 217 21.9 212 21.4
Clerks and service workers 204 20.6 258 26.1
Workers 65 6.6 108 10.9
Students 70 7.1 49 5.0
Home-makers / Housewives 144 14.5 107 10.8
Retired 249 25.2 193 19.5
Unemployed / non-workers 15 1.5 21 2.1
Others 26 2.6 41 4.1
Total 990 100.0 990 100.0
Missing case (s) 10 10


Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Upper class 3 0.3 1 0.1
Upper-middle class 59 6.0 54 5.5
Middle class 315 32.2 266 27.1
Middle-lower class 301 30.8 324 32.9
Lower class 278 28.4 319 32.5
Don't know/ Hard to say 22 2.2 18 1.9
Total 978 100.0 983 100.0
Missing case (s) 22 17


Place of birth
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong 639 64.5 626 63.2
Mainland China 329 33.2 352 35.5
Taiwan 1 0.1 0 0.0
Macau 3 0.3 2 0.2
Southeast Asia（Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam） 17 1.7 10 1.0
Others 2 0.2 1 0.1
Total 991 100.0 991 100.0
Missing case (s) 9 9