Demographic Profile of Respondents (LC2021R4)

Survey code: LC2021R4

Gender

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Male 429 49.8 410 47.6
Female 432 50.2 451 52.4
Total 861 100.0 861 100.0

Age

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
18 – 29 101 11.9 132 15.6
30 – 39 107 12.6 127 15.0
40 – 49 120 14.1 140 16.5
50 – 59 150 17.6 168 19.8
60 – 69 184 21.6 159 18.7
70 or above 188 22.1 123 14.4
Total 850 100.0 850 100.0
Missing case(s) 11 11

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 137 16.0 110 12.8
Junior secondary (F.1-F.3) 118 13.8 108 12.6
Senior secondary (F.4-F.7 / DSE / YiJin) 208 24.2 203 23.6
Post-secondary: non-degree (Diploma / Certificate / Associate degree) 84 9.8 89 10.4
Post-secondary: degree (Bachelor’s degree / Postgraduate or above) 311 36.2 349 40.7
Total 858 100.0 859 100.0
Missing case(s) 3 2

What is your current occupation?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Administrators and professionals 172 20.2 202 23.7
Clerks and service workers 157 18.4 179 21.0
Production workers 72 8.5 75 8.8
Students 26 3.1 31 3.7
Home-makers / Housewives 113 13.3 109 12.8
Retired 268 31.5 209 24.5
Unemployed / non-workers 41 4.8 43 5.1
Others 3 0.4 3 0.4
Total 852 100.0 851 100.0
Missing case(s) 9 10

Which district are you living in?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Hong Kong Island (Central and Western, Wanchai, , Eastern, Southern) 145 17.1 138 16.3
Kowloon East (Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong) 144 17.0 116 13.6
Kowloon West (Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City) 118 13.9 130 15.3
New Territories East (Northern, Tai Po, Sai Kung, Sha Tin) 210 24.7 230 27.2
New Territories West (Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing and Islands) 232 27.3 233 27.5
Total 849 100.0 848 100.0
Missing case(s) 12 13

Are you a registered voter?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Yes 861 100.0 861 100.0

Which of the following best describe your political inclination?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Pro-democracy camp 190 23.0 207 25.2
Pro-establishment 128 15.5 110 13.4
Pro-localist 92 11.1 104 12.6
Pro-centrist 221 26.8 222 27.0
Others 4 0.5 4 0.5
No inclination / Neutral / No affiliation 163 19.7 151 18.3
Don’t know / hard to say 28 3.4 25 3.1
Total 826 100.0 824 100.0
Missing case(s) 35 37

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

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Self-purchased 488 58.2 495 59.1
Rented (including rent-free / provided by employer) 350 41.8 343 40.9
Total 838 100.0 838 100.0
Missing case(s) 23 23

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) 251 30.2 233 28.0
HOS flat with with premium not yet paid (including the Sandwich Class Housing Scheme and other subsidized sale flat) 128 15.4 130 15.6
Private housing (including HOS flat with premium paid / other subsidized housing, village house and staff quarter) 443 53.2 457 54.8
Others (including student dormitory, elderly home, industrial building, hotel and temporary housing) 10 1.2 13 1.6
Total 832 100.0 834 100.0
Missing case(s) 29 27

What is your marital status?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Single 223 26.7 259 31.0
Married / Cohabiting 520 62.4 498 59.6
Divorced / Separated / Widowed 91 10.9 78 9.4
Total 834 100.0 835 100.0
Missing case(s) 27 26

Which class do you consider your family belongs to?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Upper class 3 0.4 2 0.2
Upper middle class 42 5.0 41 4.9
Middle class 276 33.1 290 34.6
Lower middle class 219 26.3 229 27.3
Lower class or grassroots 257 30.9 244 29.2
Don’t know / hard to say 36 4.3 31 3.7
Total 833 100.0 837 100.0
Missing case(s) 28 24

Where were you born?

  Raw sample Weighted sample
  Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Hong Kong 549 64.4 575 67.4
Mainland China 267 31.3 243 28.5
Macau 9 1.1 7 0.9
Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc.) 16 1.9 13 1.5
Canada 2 0.2 3 0.3
United States 1 0.1 2 0.2
Australia 2 0.2 3 0.4
England 1 0.1 1 0.1
Others 5 0.6 5 0.6
Total 852 100.0 852 100.0
Missing case(s) 9 9