Statistics on Legal Immigrants from China and Illegal Immigrants from all sources, 1st 9 months of 1978*
Legal Immigrants from China
(a) Total: 34,165
(b) Age by Sex
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RATDIVED IN.
IN.
2 2 MAR 1979
Male
Female
Total
%
%
%
0 14:
5,832
(36.8)
5,003
(27.3)
10,835 (31.7)
15 - 29:
4,305
(27.2)
4.144
(22.6)
8,449
(24.7)
30 44:
3,918
24.7)
5,030
(27.5)
8,948
(26.2)
45 59:
1,210
(7.6)
2,000
(10.9)
3,210
(9.4)
60+
:
546
(3.4)
2,082
(11.4
2,628
(7.7)
Unknown:
4-1
(0.3)
54
0.3)
95
(0.3)
Total:
15,852 (46.4)
18,313 (53.6)
34.165
(100)
(c) Marital Status
%
Single
17,885
(52.3)
Married (with spouse in HK)
9,141
(26.8)
Married (with spouse in China)
4.440
(13.0)
Married (with spouse in other places)
416
(1.2)
Divorced/separated
61
(0.2)
Widowed
2,077
(6.1)
Unknown
145
(0.4)
(d) Education
%
University
1,074
(3.1)
Other Post-secondary
333
(1.0)
Secondary
10,791
(31.6)
Primary
13,358
(39.1)
Kindergarten/No Schooling
8,462
(24.8)
Unknown
14.7
(0.4)
Source:
Immigration Statistics, 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Quarters, 1978
Census and Statistics Department