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 430 42.0 484 47.3
Female 594 58.0 540 52.7
Total 1024 100.0 1024 100.0


Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
18 - 29 150 14.8 173 17.1
30 - 39 115 11.4 166 16.4
40 - 49 132 13.1 177 17.5
50 - 59 208 20.6 206 20.3
60 - 69 197 19.5 156 15.4
70 or above 209 20.7 134 13.3
Total 1011 100.0 1011 100.0
Missing case (s) 13 13


Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Primary or below 170 16.7 196 19.2
Junior secondary (F.1 - F.3) 162 15.9 148 14.5
Senior secondary (F.4 - F.7) 278 27.2 337 33.0
Tertiary, non-degree 98 9.6 71 7.0
Tertiary, degree (Bachelor's degree) 313 30.7 269 26.3
Total 1021 100.0 1021 100.0
Missing case (s) 3 3


District
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong Island (Southern, Wanchai, Central and Western, Eastern) 187 18.5 160 15.8
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) 164 16.2 176 17.3
Kowloon West (Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong) 160 15.8 163 16.1
New Territories East (Sha Tin, Tai Po, Northern, Sai Kung) 217 21.4 206 20.4
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Islands) 284 28.1 309 30.5
Total 1012 100.0 1012 100.0
Missing case (s) 12 12


Are you a registered voter?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Yes (including those who have just registered) 851 83.5 829 81.3
No 168 16.5 191 18.7
Total 1019 100.0 1020 100.0
Missing case (s) 5 4


Political inclination
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Inclined toward the pro-democracy camp 292 29.2 283 28.3
Inclined toward the pro-establishment camp 131 13.1 131 13.0
Inclined toward the centrist 348 34.8 355 35.5
No political inclination / Politically neutral / Don’t belong to any camp 170 17.0 183 18.2
Others / Don’t know / Hard to say 58 5.8 49 4.9
Total 999 100.0 1001 100.0
Missing case (s) 25 23


The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Self-purchased, or 546 55.2 486 49.1
Rented 443 44.8 503 50.9
Total 989 100.0 988 100.0
Missing case (s) 35 36


House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Public housing (including the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme and other public rental housing units) 319 32.4 351 35.7
HOS flats with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flats) 139 14.1 133 13.5
Private housing (including HOS flats and other subsidized housing with premium paid, village houses and staff quarters) 512 51.9 486 49.3
Others (including student dormitories, elderly homes, industrial buildings, hotels, temporary housing, etc.) 16 1.6 14 1.4
Total 986 100.0 984 100.0
Missing case (s) 38 40


Marital status
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Single 262 26.6 285 29.0
Married/ Cohabiting 591 59.9 594 60.3
Divorced / Separated/Widowed 133 13.5 105 10.7
Total 986 100.0 985 100.0
Missing case (s) 38 39


Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Administrators and professionals 175 17.2 188 18.5
Clerks and service workers 200 19.7 271 26.6
Workers 85 8.4 135 13.3
Students 52 5.1 51 5.0
Home-makers / Housewives 177 17.4 110 10.8
Retired 278 27.3 199 19.5
Unemployed / non-workers 22 2.2 30 2.9
Others 28 2.8 34 3.4
Total 1017 100.0 1017 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 7


Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Upper class 1 0.1 1 0.1
Upper-middle class 48 4.8 35 3.5
Middle class 276 27.7 262 26.3
Middle-lower class 306 30.8 308 31.0
Lower class 341 34.3 370 37.2
Don't know/ Hard to say 23 2.3 18 1.8
Total 995 100.0 995 100.0
Missing case (s) 29 29


Place of birth
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong 659 64.8 658 64.7
Mainland China 321 31.6 333 32.8
Taiwan 5 0.5 2 0.2
Macau 11 1.1 9 0.9
Southeast Asia（Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam） 19 1.9 13 1.3
United States 1 0.1 1 0.1
Others 1 0.1 1 0.1
Total 1017 100.0 1016 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 8