Study participants n % | Hong Kong population (2009)† n % | p Value of χ2 test | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (N=6561) | 0.042 | ||||
Male | 3173 | 48.4 | 3 284 800 | 47.7 | |
Female | 3388 | 51.6 | 3 688 000 | 52.3 | |
Age (years, N=6503) | <0.001 | ||||
0–14 | 887 | 13.6* | 863 800 | 12.4* | |
15–24 | 906 | 13.9* | 885 400 | 12.7* | |
25–44 | 2070 | 31.8* | 2 236 90 | 32.1* | |
45–64 | 1837 | 28.2* | 2 088 100 | 29.9* | |
≥65 | 803 | 12.3* | 898 600 | 12.9* | |
Education in population aged 15 or above(N=5559) | <0.001 | ||||
Primary or below | 932 | 16.8* | 1 589 800 | 22.8* | |
Secondary | 2.994 | 53.9* | 3 611 900 | 51.8* | |
Postsecondary‡ | 1633 | 29.4* | 1 771 100 | 25.4* | |
Occupation in working population (N=2873) | <0.001 | ||||
White-collar job§ | 2376 | 82.7* | 2 351 200 | 67.7* | |
Blue-collar job¶ | 462 | 16.1* | 1 111 500 | 32.0* | |
Others | 35 | 1.2* | 5000 | 0.1* |
*Significant difference reached in the χ2 test by using the actual number of population. Bonferroni correction was applied to correct multiple testing. A significance level of a=0.0125 (0.05/4) was therefore adopted.
†Data sources: Hong Kong annual digest of statistics 2012 edition.
‡Postsecondary education included non-degree and degree courses.
§White-collar job: including manager and administrators, professionals, associate professionals, clerical support workers and service and sales workers.
¶Blue-collar job: including craft and related workers, plant and machine operators, elementary occupations and skilled agricultural and fishery workers.