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2. Executive Summary
2.1 Profile of Household/Household Reference Person (HRP) 3 :
• The overwhelming majority (82%) of HRPs were male.
• Almost two-fifths (35; 39%) of HRPs were aged between 25 and 39 and
more than one-third (34; 37%) were aged 50 or older.
• Three-quarters (75%) of all HRPs were married.
• The most common household types 4 were small family (25%) and large
adult (22%).
• More than one-third (37%) of HRPs were working full-time and 36% were
self-employed.
• Most households (79%) contained one family unit.
• More than one-third (92; 34%) of household members were aged
between 25 and 39 and almost one-fifth (47; 18%) were aged 50 or older.
• The majority (78%) of HRPs had been born in Hong Kong or China.
• More than two-fifths (41%) of HRPs were educated to secondary level and
more than one-third (34%) to primary level.
• Almost half (47%) of HRPs spoke only a little English and one-third (33%)
spoke English well.
• More than one-third (34%) of HRPs could not read or write any English;
the same proportion could read and write only a little English.
• Seven per cent had a health problem/disability limiting day-to-day
activities.
3
See Appendix 1 for the definition of the term Household Reference Person.
4
See Appendix 2 (Table 11) for the definition of household types.
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