Demographic profile of respondentsBack


Gender
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Male  861    47.6    924    51.1  
  Female  949    52.4    885    48.9  
  Total  1810    100.0    1810    100.0  

Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  18 - 20  80    5.1    46    2.9  
  21 - 30  250    16.0    237    15.2  
  31 - 40  328    21.0    292    18.7  
  41 - 50  435    27.8    405    25.9  
  51 - 60  240    15.4    259    16.6  
  61 or above  230    14.7    323    20.6  
  Total  1563    100.0    1563    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  247       247     

Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Primary or below  365    20.7    415    23.5  
  Secondary  905    51.2    866    49.2  
  Postgraduate or above  497    28.1    481    27.3  
  Total  1767    100.0    1762    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  43       48     

The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Self-purchased, or  1048    60.6    1040    60.2  
  Rent?  682    39.4    687    39.8  
  Total  1730    100.0    1727    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  80       83     

House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Public housing estate  625    36.0    636    36.7  
  Housing Authority subsidized sale flats  306    17.6    300    17.3  
  Housing Society subsidized sale flats  20    1.2    21    1.2  
  Private housing  721    41.5    712    41.1  
  Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses  17    1.0    18    1.0  
  Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses  21    1.2    19    1.1  
  Public temporary housing  1    0.1    1    0.1  
  Private temporary housing  9    0.5    8    0.5  
  Staff quarters  12    0.7    12    0.7  
  Others  4    0.2    5    0.3  
  Total  1736    100.0    1731    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  74       78     

Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Upper class  9    0.6    9    0.6  
  Upper-middle class  71    4.4    69    4.3  
  Middle class  560    34.7    539    33.5  
  Lower-middle class  420    26.0    409    25.4  
  Lower class or grassroots  437    27.1    455    28.2  
  Don't know/ Hard to say  118    7.3    130    8.0  
  Total  1615    100.0    1611    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  195       199     

Is your family in negative equity?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  144    8.9    140    8.6  
  No  1432    88.4    1430    88.5  
  Don't know/ Hard to say  44    2.7    45    2.8  
  Total  1620    100.0    1615    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  190       195     

Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Professionals and semi-professionals  390    22.7    381    22.2  
  Clerk and service workers  359    20.9    333    19.4  
  Production workers  217    12.6    219    12.8  
  Students  105    6.1    77    4.5  
  Housewives  281    16.3    255    14.9  
  Others  368    21.4    450    26.2  
  Total  1720    100.0    1716    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  90       94