Table 3.
Respondents' sociodemographic characteristics (total sample size = 1627).
| Characteristics | Hong Kong | Guangzhou | Wuhan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential origins | 520 | 32.0% | 503 | 30.9% | 604 | 37.1% | |
| Sex | Male | 243 | 46.7% | 249 | 49.5% | 292 | 48.3% |
| Female | 277 | 53.3% | 254 | 50.5% | 312 | 51.7% | |
| Age | 18–24 | 92 | 17.7% | 142 | 28.2% | 201 | 33.3% |
| 25–34 | 138 | 26.5% | 256 | 50.9% | 185 | 30.6% | |
| 35–44 | 125 | 24.0% | 86 | 17.1% | 128 | 21.2% | |
| 45–54 | 109 | 21.0% | 18 | 3.6% | 71 | 11.8% | |
| 55–64 | 50 | 9.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 19 | 3.1% | |
| 65 and above | 6 | 1.2% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | |
| Education | Primary school or below | 3 | 6.0% | 11 | 2.2% | 20 | 3.3% |
| Secondary school | 153 | 29.4% | 34 | 6.8% | 92 | 15.2% | |
| Post-secondary degree | 309 | 59.4% | 106 | 21.1% | 139 | 23.0% | |
| Bachelor's degree | 334 | 66.4% | 304 | 50.3% | |||
| Master's degree or higher | 55 | 10.6% | 18 | 3.6% | 49 | 8.1% | |
| Employed by tourism industry | Y | 29 | 5.6% | 102 | 20.3% | 84 | 13.9% |
| N | 491 | 94.4% | 401 | 79.7% | 520 | 86.1% | |
| Infection with COVID-19 (including family/friends) |
Y | 9 | 1.7% | 19 | 3.8% | 81 | 13.4% |
| N | 511 | 98.3% | 484 | 96.2% | 523 | 86.6% | |
| Income (Hong Kong, annual) |
HK$0 | 15 | 2.9% | ||||
| HK$1–149,999 | 105 | 20.2% | |||||
| HK$150,000–259,999 | 119 | 22.9% | |||||
| HK$260,000–349,999 | 95 | 18.3% | |||||
| HK$350,000–499,999 | 96 | 18.5% | |||||
| HK$500,000–699,999 | 52 | 10.0% | |||||
| HK$700,000 and above | 38 | 7.3% | |||||
| Income (Guangzhou/Wuhan, monthly) |
RMB0 | 10 | 2.0% | 72 | 11.9% | ||
| RMB1–18,000 | 37 | 7.4% | 47 | 7.8% | |||
| RMB18,001–36,000 | 32 | 6.4% | 69 | 11.4% | |||
| RMB36,001–54,000 | 62 | 12.3% | 113 | 18.7% | |||
| RMB54,001–72,000 | 98 | 19.5% | 95 | 15.7% | |||
| RMB72,001–90,000 | 73 | 14.5% | 52 | 8.6% | |||
| RMB90,001–120,000 | 88 | 17.5% | 85 | 14.1% | |||
| RMB120,001–180,000 | 70 | 13.9% | 37 | 6.1% | |||
| RMB180,001–240,000 | 27 | 5.4% | 23 | 3.8% | |||
| RMB240,001 and above | 6 | 1.2% | 11 | 1.9% | |||