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 368 36.5 476 47.3
Female 639 63.5 531 52.7
Total 1007 100.0 1007 100.0


Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
18 - 29 164 16.6 169 17.1
30 - 39 129 13.0 162 16.4
40 - 49 178 18.0 173 17.5
50 - 59 183 18.5 201 20.3
60 - 69 175 17.7 152 15.4
70 or above 160 16.2 131 13.3
Total 989 100.0 989 100.0
Missing case (s) 18 18


Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Primary or below 141 14.1 192 19.2
Junior secondary (F.1 - F.3) 129 12.9 138 13.8
Senior secondary (F.4 - F.7) 275 27.5 337 33.7
Tertiary, non-degree 106 10.6 73 7.3
Tertiary, degree (Bachelor's degree) 349 34.9 261 26.1
Total 1000 100.0 1000 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 7


District
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong Island (Southern, Wanchai, Central and Western, Eastern) 192 19.3 163 16.4
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) 177 17.8 192 19.3
Kowloon West (Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong) 133 13.4 129 13.0
New Territories East (Sha Tin, Tai Po, Northern, Sai Kung) 228 22.9 232 23.4
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Islands) 265 26.6 276 27.8
Total 995 100.0 993 100.0
Missing case (s) 12 14


Are you a registered voter?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Yes (including those who have just registered) 838 83.8 813 81.5
No 162 16.2 185 18.5
Total 1000 100.0 999 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 8


Political inclination
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Inclined toward the pro-democracy camp 275 28.1 262 26.8
Inclined toward the pro-establishment camp 102 10.4 94 9.6
Inclined toward the centrist 363 37.2 374 38.2
No political inclination / Politically neutral / Don’t belong to any camp 172 17.6 187 19.1
Others / Don’t know / Hard to say 65 6.7 63 6.4
Total 977 100.0 979 100.0
Missing case (s) 30 28


The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Self-purchased, or 551 56.4 500 51.1
Rented 426 43.6 479 48.9
Total 977 100.0 979 100.0
Missing case (s) 30 28


House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Public housing (including the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme and other public rental housing units) 323 33.4 380 39.2
HOS flats with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flats) 113 11.7 121 12.5
Private housing (including HOS flats and other subsidized housing with premium paid, village houses and staff quarters) 509 52.6 446 46.0
Others (including student dormitories, elderly homes, industrial buildings, hotels, temporary housing, etc.) 22 2.3 22 2.3
Total 967 100.0 969 100.0
Missing case (s) 40 38


Marital status
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Single 299 30.7 305 31.2
Married/ Cohabiting 571 58.6 584 59.8
Divorced / Separated/Widowed 105 10.8 88 9.0
Total 975 100.0 977 100.0
Missing case (s) 32 30


Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Administrators and professionals 199 20.1 189 19.0
Clerks and service workers 233 23.5 284 28.7
Workers 77 7.8 141 14.2
Students 59 6.0 49 5.0
Home-makers / Housewives 154 15.5 107 10.8
Retired 246 24.8 194 19.5
Unemployed / non-workers 23 2.3 28 2.8
Total 991 100.0 991 100.0
Missing case (s) 16 16


Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Upper class 3 0.3 2 0.2
Upper-middle class 42 4.3 31 3.1
Middle class 305 31.1 258 26.4
Middle-lower class 310 31.6 327 33.4
Lower class 297 30.2 340 34.7
Don't know/ Hard to say 25 2.5 21 2.1
Total 982 100.0 980 100.0
Missing case (s) 25 27


Place of birth
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong 680 68.0 660 66.1
Mainland China 278 27.8 295 29.6
Taiwan 3 0.3 3 0.3
Macau 16 1.6 15 1.5
Southeast Asia（Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam） 13 1.3 13 1.3
Canada 4 0.4 3 0.3
United States 1 0.1 1 0.1
Australia 2 0.2 2 0.2
Others 2 0.2 6 0.6
Don't know 1 0.1 1 0.1
Total 1000 100.0 999 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 8