Demographic Profile of RespondentsBack

Figures for the weighted sample were obtained from weighting the figures of the raw sample by the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population, according to the 2001 Population Census results published by the HKSAR Government.

Gender

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Male	920	45.4%	981	48.4%
Female	1,106	54.6%	1,045	51.6%
Total	2,026	100.0%	1	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	0		0

Age

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
15-20	332	17.6%	183	9.7%
21-29	284	15.1%	304	16.1%
30-39	447	23.7%	427	22.6%
40-49	454	24.1%	407	21.6%
50-59	204	10.8%	228	12.1%
60 or above	164	8.7%	337	17.9%
Total	1,885	100.0%	1,885	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	141		141

Education attainment

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Primary or below	250	12.5%	343	17.2%
Secondary	1,205	60.4%	1,105	55.6%
Tertiary or above	540	27.1%	540	27.2%
Total	1,995	100.0%	1,987	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	31		39

Housing type

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Public housing estate	644	32.9%	656	33.6%
Housing Authority subsidized sale flats	296	15.1%	288	14.8%
Housing Society subsidized sale flats	26	1.3%	25	1.3%
Private housing	908	46.4%	898	46.0%
Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses	30	1.5%	28	1.4%
Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses	28	1.4%	28	1.4%
Staff quarters	14	0.7%	12	0.6%
Others	13	0.7%	18	0.9%
Total	1,959	100.0%	1,953	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	67		73

Occupation

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Professionals and semi-professionals	398	20.3%	403	20.6%
Clerk and service workers	450	22.9%	429	21.9%
Production workers	219	11.1%	231	11.8%
Students	353	18.0%	226	11.5%
Housewives	282	14.4%	273	14.0%
Others	263	13.4%	393	20.1%
Total	1,965	100.0%	1,955	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	61		71

Personal Monthly Income (excluding government assistance, domestic expenses, interests, etc)

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
No income	800	43.1%	802	43.4%
Below HK$5,000	126	6.8%	120	6.5%
HK$5,000-9,999	243	13.1%	237	12.8%
HK$10,000-14,999	253	13.6%	255	13.8%
HK$15,000-19,999	145	7.8%	140	7.6%
HK$20,000-29,999	148	8.0%	147	8.0%
HK$30,000-39,999	73	3.9%	75	4.0%
HK$40,000-49,999	22	1.2%	22	1.2%
HK$50,000 or above	46	2.5%	49	2.6%
Total	1,856	100.0%	1,847	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	170		179

Birth Place

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Hong Kong	1,456	72.9%	1,369	68.8%
Mainland China	460	23.0%	542	27.2%
Macau	25	1.3%	26	1.3%
S.E. Asia (e.g. Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam)	23	1.2%	24	1.2%
Taiwan	10	0.5%	11	0.5%
USA	5	0.3%	4	0.2%
England	4	0.2%	4	0.2%
Others	11	0.6%	11	0.5%
Don't know / Hard to say	2	0.1%	1	0.1%
Total	1,996	100.0%	1,990	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	30		36

Number of years of living in Hong Kong (Excluding those who answered "Hong Kong" in Table 7)

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
1 year or less	8	1.5%	8	1.2%
2-5 years	44	8.3%	36	5.8%
6-10 years	74	13.8%	61	9.7%
11 years or above	402	75.1%	506	82.1%
Tourist	1	0.2%	2	0.4%
Don't know / Don't remember	6	1.1%	5	0.8%
Total	535	100.0%	616	100.0%
Base	570		657
Missing	35		41

Language of the Interview

	Raw sample		Weighted sample
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Cantonese	1,996	98.6%	1,993	98.5%
English	22	1.1%	21	1.0%
Putonghua	7	0.3%	10	0.5%
Total	2,025	100.0%	2,024	100.0%
Base	2,026		2,026
Missing	1		2