Sample variable | Sample subcategory | Families (n = 519) | Husbands (n = 484) | Wives (n = 514) | ||||||
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Family type | Nuclear family | 414 | 87.2 |
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| Extended family | 61 | 12.8 |
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Family member with disease/illness | Yes | 55 | 11.6 |
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| No | 420 | 88.4 |
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Highest educational level | High school or less |
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| 272 | 57.5 | 293 | 57.7 | |||
| Higher than vocational school |
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| 201 | 42.5 | 215 | 42.3 | |||
Employed | Yes |
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| 464 | 98.3 | 351 | 68.8 | |||
| No |
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| 8 | 1.7 | 159 | 31.2 | |||
Sample variable | Families (n = 519) | |||||||||
| M | SD | Range | |||||||
Family size | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2 to 8 | |||||||
Number of children | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1 to 3 | |||||||
Husband’s age, in years | 38.2 | 4.9 | 24 to 55 | |||||||
Wife’s age, in years | 35.1 | 4.6 | 22 to 55 | |||||||
Annual household income, in 1000 s of HK$a | 415.0 | 373.4 | 0 to 5000 | |||||||