Demographic profile of respondentsBack


Gender
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Male  500    47.0    544    51.1  
  Female  564    53.0    520    48.9  
  Total  1064    100.0    1064    100.0  

Age
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  18 - 20  55    5.9    27    3.0  
  21 - 30  157    16.9    140    15.1  
  31 - 40  189    20.3    174    18.7  
  41 - 50  261    28.1    241    25.9  
  51 - 60  129    13.9    154    16.6  
  61 or above  138    14.9    192    20.7  
  Total  929    100.0    929    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  135       135     

Education attainment
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Primary or below  193    18.6    219    21.2  
  Secondary  547    52.9    527    51.1  
  Postgraduate or above  295    28.5    286    27.7  
  Total  1035    100.0    1031    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  29       33     

The type of ownership of your house is:
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Self-purchased, or  620    60.6    620    60.8  
  Rent?  403    39.4    399    39.2  
  Total  1023    100.0    1019    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  41       45     

House type
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Public housing estate  371    36.3    368    36.1  
  Housing Authority subsidized sale flats  177    17.3    175    17.2  
  Housing Society subsidized sale flats  19    1.9    20    2.0  
  Private housing  415    40.6    415    40.7  
  Village: villas / bungalows / modern village houses  14    1.4    15    1.5  
  Village: simple stone structures / traditional village houses  12    1.2    11    1.1  
  Public temporary housing  1    0.1    1    0.1  
  Private temporary housing  4    0.4    3    0.3  
  Staff quarters  7    0.7    8    0.8  
  Others  2    0.2    3    0.3  
  Total  1022    100.0    1020    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  42       44     

Which class do you consider your family belongs to?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Upper class  2    0.2    3    0.3  
  Upper-middle class  40    4.5    39    4.4  
  Middle class  299    33.4    286    32.0  
  Lower-middle class  242    27.0    238    26.7  
  Lower class or grassroots  237    26.5    246    27.6  
  Don't know/ Hard to say  75    8.4    81    9.1  
  Total  895    100.0    893    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  169       171     

Is your family in negative equity?
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Yes  85    9.4    82    9.2  
  No  785    87.1    783    87.3  
  Don't know/ Hard to say  31    3.4    32    3.6  
  Total  901    100.0    897    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  163       167     

Occupation
  Raw sample Weighted sample
   Frequency  Percentage  Frequency  Percentage
  Professionals and semi-professionals  235    23.3    232    23.1  
  Clerk and service workers  212    21.0    197    19.5  
  Production workers  133    13.2    134    13.3  
  Students  71    7.0    48    4.7  
  Housewives  143    14.2    128    12.8  
  Others  216    21.4    267    26.5  
  Total  1010    100.0    1006    100.0  
  Missing case (s)  54       58