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 401 39.2 484 47.3
Female 623 60.8 540 52.7
Total 1024 100.0 1024 100.0


Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
18 - 29 145 14.3 173 17.1
30 - 39 118 11.7 166 16.4
40 - 49 123 12.2 177 17.5
50 - 59 176 17.4 206 20.3
60 - 69 216 21.4 156 15.4
70 or above 233 23.0 134 13.3
Total 1011 100.0 1011 100.0
Missing case (s) 13 13


Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Primary or below 190 18.7 195 19.2
Junior secondary (F.1 - F.3) 190 18.7 175 17.2
Senior secondary (F.4 - F.7) 260 25.6 308 30.2
Tertiary, non-degree 88 8.7 69 6.8
Tertiary, degree (Bachelor's degree) 289 28.4 270 26.5
Total 1017 100.0 1017 100.0
Missing case (s) 7 7


District
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong Island (Southern, Wanchai, Central and Western, Eastern) 177 17.5 161 15.9
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) 189 18.7 190 18.7
Kowloon West (Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong) 144 14.3 135 13.3
New Territories East (Sha Tin, Tai Po, Northern, Sai Kung) 236 23.4 247 24.4
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Islands) 264 26.1 280 27.7
Total 1010 100.0 1012 100.0
Missing case (s) 14 12


Are you a registered voter?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Yes (including those who have just registered) 868 85.1 835 82.0
No 152 14.9 183 18.0
Total 1020 100.0 1019 100.0
Missing case (s) 4 5


Political inclination
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Inclined toward the pro-democracy camp 276 27.4 274 27.1
Inclined toward the pro-establishment camp 168 16.7 152 15.0
Inclined toward the centrist 319 31.7 323 32.1
No political inclination / Politically neutral / Don’t belong to any camp 189 18.8 205 20.4
Others / Don’t know / Hard to say 54 5.4 54 5.4
Total 1006 100.0 1008 100.0
Missing case (s) 18 16


The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Self-purchased, or 575 57.7 543 54.3
Rented 421 42.3 458 45.7
Total 996 100.0 1000 100.0
Missing case (s) 28 24


House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Public housing (including the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme and other public rental housing units) 356 35.9 382 38.5
HOS flats with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flats) 152 15.3 138 13.9
Private housing (including HOS flats and other subsidized housing with premium paid, village houses and staff quarters) 466 46.9 449 45.2
Others (including student dormitories, elderly homes, industrial buildings, hotels, temporary housing, etc.) 19 1.9 24 2.4
Total 993 100.0 994 100.0
Missing case (s) 31 30


Marital status
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Single 259 25.7 305 30.3
Married/ Cohabiting 612 60.8 611 60.6
Divorced / Separated/Widowed 135 13.4 92 9.1
Total 1006 100.0 1008 100.0
Missing case (s) 18 16


Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Administrators and professionals 176 17.3 190 18.8
Clerks and service workers 192 18.9 259 25.5
Workers 87 8.6 138 13.6
Students 50 4.9 50 5.0
Home-makers / Housewives 172 16.9 110 10.8
Retired 289 28.5 198 19.5
Unemployed / non-workers 16 1.6 21 2.0
Others 33 3.3 48 4.7
Total 1015 100.0 1015 100.0
Missing case (s) 9 9


Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Upper class 3 0.3 3 0.3
Upper-middle class 32 3.2 28 2.8
Middle class 296 29.6 274 27.3
Middle-lower class 297 29.7 297 29.7
Lower class 343 34.3 373 37.2
Don't know/ Hard to say 30 3.0 28 2.7
Total 1001 100.0 1003 100.0
Missing case (s) 23 21


Place of birth
  Raw sample Weighted sample
 FrequencyPercentageFrequencyPercentage
Hong Kong 618 60.8 634 62.2
Mainland China 370 36.4 365 35.8
Taiwan 3 0.3 3 0.3
Macau 7 0.7 4 0.4
Southeast Asia（Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam） 15 1.5 10 1.0
Canada 1 0.1 1 0.1
United States 1 0.1 1 0.1
Don't know 1 0.1 0 0.0
Total 1016 100.0 1018 100.0
Missing case (s) 8 6