Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristic | Region |
Total (n = 491), n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macao (n = 287), n (%) | Hong Kong (n = 146), n (%) | Taiwan (n = 58), n (%) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 256 (89.2) | 143 (97.9) | 53 (91.4) | 452 (92.1) |
| Male | 31 (10.8) | 3 (2.05) | 5 (8.62) | 39 (7.90) |
| Age group | ||||
| ≤36 years | 142 (49.5) | 75 (51.4) | 33 (56.9) | 250 (50.9) |
| >36 years | 145 (50.5) | 71 (48.6) | 25 (43.1) | 241 (49.1) |
| Educational level | ||||
| Elementary or junior high school | 112 (39.0) | 69 (47.3) | 23 (39.7) | 204 (41.5) |
| Senior high school or higher education | 175 (61.0) | 77 (52.7) | 35 (60.3) | 287 (58.5) |
| Length of stay in host country | ||||
| <6 years | 182 (63.4) | 50 (34.2) | 43 (74.1) | 275 (56.0) |
| ≥6 years | 105 (36.6) | 96 (65.8) | 15 (25.9) | 216 (44.0) |
| Type of job | ||||
| Domestic or care workers | 176 (61.3) | 136 (93.2) | 38 (65.5) | 350 (71.3) |
| Non-domestic or care workers | 111 (38.7) | 10 (6.85) | 20 (34.5) | 141 (28.7) |
| Accommodation | ||||
| With employer (live-in) | 88 (30.7) | 138 (94.5) | 37 (63.8) | 263 (53.6) |
| Not with employer (live-out) | 199 (69.3) | 8 (5.48) | 21 (36.2) | 228 (46.4) |
Note: Percentages are calculated by comparing the category frequency with total sample in the region.