Table 1.
Demographics and socioeconomic conditions among Hong Kong residents and mainland migrants.
| Hong Kong | Migrants from Mainland China | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Migrants | By birth province | By length of stay | ||||
| Guangdong | Other Mainland | <4 years | 4 years or longer | |||
| Total number of persons | 15,305 | 7,735 | 6,102 | 1,633 | 293 | 7,442 |
| Socio-demographics | ||||||
| Age 18–29 % | 24.10% *** | 11.00% | 11.30% *** | 10.00% | 29.00% *** | 10.30% |
| Age 30–39 % | 19.60% *** | 12.00% | 8.50% *** | 25.20% | 42.00% *** | 10.80% |
| Age 40–49 % | 22.90% *** | 16.50% | 15.50% *** | 20.20% | 18.40% *** | 16.40% |
| Age 50–59 % | 19.50% *** | 18.40% | 19.70% *** | 13.70% | 6.5% ^ *** | 18.90% |
| Age 60+ % | 14.00% *** | 42.10% | 45.10% *** | 30.90% | 4.1% ^ *** | 43.60% |
| Female % | 49.90% *** | 55.00% | 53.40% *** | 61.10% | 73.40% *** | 54.30% |
| Currently married % | 55.10% *** | 69.00% | 68.10% ** | 72.30% | 72.00% | 68.90% |
| Education secondary and above % | 28.70% *** | 11.40% | 8.60% *** | 22.00% | 18.40% *** | 11.10% |
| Monthly personal income $4,000 and above % | 66.00% *** | 46.10% | 44.30% *** | 53.00% | 44.40% | 46.20% |
| Currently employed % | 64.90% *** | 41.00% | 38.80% *** | 49.20% | 46.10% *** | 40.80% |
| Health Status | ||||||
| Self-reported fair/poor % | 24.50% *** | 40.50% | 42.40% *** | 33.70% | 23.90% *** | 41.20% |
| Current smoker % | 13.50% | 14.20% | 14.60% | 13.00% | 12.30% | 14.30% |
| Currently diagnosed with | ||||||
| Diabetes % | 3.30% *** | 8.60% | 9.20% ** | 6.60% | 1.00% *** | 8.90% |
| Hypertension % | 8.80% *** | 20.60% | 22.20% *** | 14.80% | 2.70% *** | 21.40% |
| Coronary artery disease % | 0.40% *** | 1.20% | 1.30% | 1.20% | 0.30% | 1.30% |
| Any of the above 3 chronic conditions % | 10.50% *** | 24.10% | 25.80% *** | 17.80% | 3.40% *** | 24.90% |
| Utilization | ||||||
| Having usual source of care % | 23.40% *** | 17.80% | 17.40% | 19.20% | 8.50% *** | 18.20% |
| Average no. of doctor visits [Mean(SE)] | 4.53 *** (0.05) | 5.10 (0.09) | 5.22 *** (0.10) | 4.44 (0.16) | 2.55 *** (0.29) | 5.20 (0.09) |
| Average no. of visits to public sector [Mean(SE)] | 0.99 *** (0.02) | 2.18 (0.05) | 2.27 *** (0.05) | 1.84 (0.11) | 0.79 *** (0.15) | 2.23 (0.05) |
| Average no. of visits to private sector [Mean(SE)] | 3.15 *** (0.04) | 2.51 (0.06) | 2.57 * (0.07) | 2.30 (0.10) | 1.46 *** (0.16) | 2.55 (0.06) |
| Average no. of visits to A&E 1 [Mean(SE)] | 0.04 *** (0.00) | 0.09 (0.01) | 0.09 (0.01) | 0.37 (0.01) | 0.04 ** (0.02) | 0.09 (0.01) |
| Average ratio of visits to public sector 2 [Mean(SE)] | 0.19 *** (0.00) | 0.42 (0.01) | 0.44 (0.43) | 0.36 (0.43) | 0.26 *** (0.40) | 0.43 (0.44) |
Source: 2009 Thematic Household Survey, HK CS&D; Notes: ^ indicates that cell size is smaller than 30; * Differences between comparison groups are significant at p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p<0.001; 1 Accident & Emergency Department; 2 Defined as the percent of total number of western medicine consultations that happened in the public sector.