Demographic Profile of Respondents (LC2021R1)

Survey code: LC2021R1

Gender

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Male 386 46.1 399 47.6
Female 452 53.9 439 52.4
Total 838 100.0 838 100.0

Age

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
18 – 29 96 11.7 128 15.6
30 – 39 112 13.6 123 15.0
40 – 49 109 13.3 135 16.5
50 – 59 155 18.9 163 19.8
60 – 69 171 20.8 154 18.7
70 or above 178 21.7 118 14.4
Total 821 100.0 821 100.0
Missing case(s) 17 17

What is your educational attainment? (Highest level attended, i.e. regardless of whether the course had been completed, including the course in progress)

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Primary or below 140 16.9 103 12.4
Junior secondary (F.1-F.3) 133 16.1 119 14.4
Senior secondary (F.4-F.7 / DSE / YiJin) 219 26.4 225 27.2
Post-secondary: non-degree (Diploma / Certificate / Associate degree) 66 8.0 75 9.1
Post-secondary: degree (Bachelor’s degree / Postgraduate or above) 270 32.6 306 36.9
Total 828 100.0 829 100.0
Missing case(s) 10 9

What is your current occupation?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Administrators and professionals 189 22.9 215 26.0
Clerks and service workers 133 16.1 152 18.4
Production workers 81 9.8 85 10.2
Students 23 2.8 31 3.8
Home-makers / Housewives 113 13.7 103 12.5
Retired 256 31.0 204 24.6
Unemployed / non-workers 29 3.5 34 4.1
Others 3 0.4 3 0.4
Total 827 100.0 827 100.0
Missing case(s) 11 11

Which district are you living in?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Hong Kong Island (Central and Western, Wanchai, , Eastern, Southern) 124 15.0 135 16.3
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) 166 20.0 120 14.5
Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City) 111 13.4 115 13.8
New Territories East (Northern, Tai Po, Sai Kung, Sha Tin) 212 25.6 231 27.9
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing and Islands) 216 26.1 228 27.5
Total 829 100.0 829 100.0
Missing case(s) 9 9

Are you a registered voter?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Yes 838 100.0 838 100.0

Which of the following best describe your political inclination?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Pro-democracy camp 172 21.1 185 22.7
Pro-establishment 146 17.9 136 16.8
Pro-localist 75 9.2 85 10.4
Pro-centrist 215 26.4 218 26.7
Others 1 0.1 1 0.1
No inclination / Neutral / No affiliation 161 19.8 152 18.7
Don’t know / hard to say 44 5.4 38 4.6
Total 814 100.0 814 100.0
Missing case(s) 24 24

Is the unit you are living in self-purchased or rented?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Self-purchased 432 53.5 438 54.0
Rented (including rent-free / provided by employer) 376 46.5 372 46.0
Total 808 100.0 810 100.0
Missing case(s) 30 28

What type of housing are you living in?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Public housing (including the Senior Citizen Residences Scheme and other public rental housing unit) 278 34.5 262 32.4
HOS flat with with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flat) 111 13.8 107 13.3
Private housing (including HOS flat with premium paid / other subsidized housing, village house and staff quarter) 403 50.1 423 52.5
Others (including student dormitory, elderly home, industrial building, hotel and temporary housing) 13 1.6 14 1.7
Total 805 100.0 806 100.0
Missing case(s) 33 32

What is your marital status?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Single 224 27.6 257 31.7
Married / Cohabiting 484 59.6 473 58.2
Divorced / Separated / Widowed 104 12.8 82 10.1
Total 812 100.0 813 100.0
Missing case(s) 26 25

Which class do you consider your family belongs to?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Upper class 2 0.2 2 0.2
Upper middle class 45 5.5 49 6.0
Middle class 248 30.3 255 31.1
Lower middle class 221 27.0 226 27.6
Lower class or grassroots 279 34.1 268 32.7
Don’t know / hard to say 23 2.8 19 2.4
Total 818 100.0 819 100.0
Missing case(s) 20 19

Where were you born?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Hong Kong 522 63.1 560 67.7
Mainland China 279 33.7 244 29.4
Macau 10 1.2 11 1.4
Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.) 13 1.6 9 1.1
Australia 1 0.1 1 0.1
England 1 0.1 2 0.2
Others 1 0.1 0 0.0
Total 827 100.0 828 100.0
Missing case(s) 11 10