Demographic characteristics		Four region sample	All Asia sample	United States	Hong Kong	Taiwan	Singapore
Gender
	Male	46.17%	47.69%	41.60%	46.11%	50.00%	46.97%
	Female	53.83%	52.31%	58.40%	53.89%	50.00%	53.03%
Marital status
	Married	62.65%	64.62%	56.49%	61.90%	68.50%	63.53%
	Divorced/separated	6.22%	2.47%	17.99%	3.43%	2.03%	1.96%
	Widow(er)	4.00%	2.54%	8.58%	5.04%	.41%	2.16%
	Single	27.13%	30.37%	16.95%	29.64%	29.07%	32.35%
Education
	Primary	15.28%	17.94%	7.05%	22.02%	20.82%	11.20%
	Secondary	37.20%	40.29%	27.59%	49.09%	33.06%	38.70%
	Post-secondary	47.52%	41.77%	65.35%	28.89%	46.12%	50.10%
Dependent child
	Yes	55.46%	53.11%	62.71%	60.94%	49.48%	49.02%
	No	44.54%	46.89%	37.29%	39.06%	50.52%	50.98%
US ethnicity
	White				76.04%
	Non-white				23.96%
Singapore ethnicity
	Chinese						73.78%
	Malaysian						17.42%
	Indian						5.28%
	Other						3.52%