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. 2021 Jul 26;18(15):7894. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157894

Table 3.

General Demographics of Respondents.

Entire Sample (n = 1007) Laborers (n = 392) Established Leaders (n = 332) Emerging Executives (n = 283) Between Class Differences Post Hoc Tests/Pairwise Comparisons 1
Variable Scale/Category n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) n(%)/M(SD) χ2 L vs. EL
Mean Diff/
χ2
L vs. EE
Mean Diff/
χ2
EL vs. EE
Mean Diff/
χ2
Gender Male 524 (52) 210 (53.6) 200 (60.2) 114 (40.3) 24.99 *** 3.26 11.63 ** 24.35 ***
Female 483 (48) 182 (46.4) 132 (39.8) 169 (59.7)
Income (HKD) $14,999 or below 140 (13.9) 107 (29.7) 0 (0) 33 (12.2) 616.00 *** 412.31 *** 29.92 *** 324.15 ***
$15,000–$39,999 532 (52.8) 242 (67.2) 65 (21.6) 225 (83.3)
$40,000–$69,999 169 (16.8) 9 (2.5) 148 (49.2) 12 (4.4)
$70,000 or above 90 (8.9) 2 (0.6) 88 (29.2) 0 (0)
Highest education attainment Below primary 24 (2.4) 24 (6.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 873.71 *** 594.18 *** 645.88 *** 24.05 ***
Secondary 386 (38.3) 359 (92.3) 27 (8.2) 0 (0)
Tertiary 590 (58.6) 6 (1.5) 303 (91.8) 281 (100)
Age 18–29 206 (20.5) 36 (9.3) 3 (0.9) 167 (59.4) 485.40 *** 47.83 *** 291.41 *** 341.50 ***
30–39 236 (23.4) 73 (18.9) 76 (23) 87 (31)
40–49 250 (24.8) 96 (24.8) 131 (39.7) 23 (8.2)
50–59 229 (22.7) 127 (32.8) 99 (30) 3 (1.1)
>60 77 (7.6) 55 (14.2) 21 (6.4) 1 (0.4)
Position Professional, Managers, Executive 465 (46.2) 77 (19.9) 273 (82.7) 115 (41.1) 357.61 *** 338.58 *** 40.34 *** 184.58 ***
Self-employed/Entrepreneurs 50 (5) 16 (4.1) 31 (9.4) 3 (1.1)
Office/Non-office skilled 244 (24.2) 138 (35.7) 19 (5.8) 87 (31.1)
Office/Non-office Non-skilled 234 (23.2) 153 (39.5) 7 (2.1) 74 (26.4)
Industry Commercial Sector 210 (20.9) 55 (14.4) 103 (31.7) 52 (18.9) 202.93 *** 142.45 *** 93.66 *** 48.07 ***
Semiprofessional/Professional 258 (25.6) 49 (12.8) 116 (35.7) 93 (33.8)
Hospitality 77 (7.6) 56 (14.6) 10 (3.1) 11 (4)
Retail and Sales 113 (11.2) 64 (16.7) 24 (7.4) 25 (9.1)
Construction/Manufacturing 151 (15) 77 (20.1) 46 (14.2) 28 (10.2)
Public Services 61 (6.1) 18 (4.7) 18 (5.5) 25 (9.1)
Media 29 (2.9) 8 (2.1) 0 (0) 21 (7.6)
Logistics/Transport 78 (7.7) 54 (14.1) 6 (1.8) 18 (6.5)
Others 6 (0.6) 2 (0.5) 2 (0.6) 2 (0.7)

Note. ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001; 1 L: Laborers, EL: Established leaders, EE: Emerging Executive.