Table I.
Demographic characteristics of MSM joining the online survey on blood donation in Hong Kong (n=250).
| Demographic characteristics | n | % | |
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| Age | 16–20 | 60 | 24.0% |
| 21–25 | 85 | 34.0% | |
| 26–30 | 43 | 17.2% | |
| 31–35 | 32 | 12.8% | |
| 36–40 | 15 | 6.0% | |
| 41–45 | 13 | 5.2% | |
| >45 | 2 | 0.8% | |
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| Education | Primary or below | 1 | 0.4% |
| Secondary | 43 | 17.2% | |
| Post-secondary | 70 | 28.0% | |
| University | 136 | 54.4% | |
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| Residence | Hong Kong Island | 43 | 17.2% |
| Kowloon Peninsula | 75 | 30.0% | |
| New Territories | 126 | 50.4% | |
| Outside Hong Kong | 6 | 2.4% | |
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| Occupational status | |||
| In employment | 136 | 54.4% | |
| Professionals | 46 | 18.4% | |
| Clerks | 30 | 12.0% | |
| Associate professionals | 20 | 8.0% | |
| Service and shop sales | 19 | 7.6% | |
| Managers and administrators | 16 | 6.4% | |
| Elementary occupations | 3 | 1.2% | |
| Crafts and related | 1 | 0.4% | |
| Skilled agricultural & fishery workers, and unclassifiable | 1 | 0.4% | |
| Student | 101 | 40.4% | |
| Not employed | 13 | 5.2% | |