Statistics on Legal Immigrants from China and Illegal Immigrants from all sources
1978
Legal Immigrants from China
(a) Total: 50,999 (out of 67,495 legal immigrants
from China in 1978)
arriving
(b) Age by Sex
Male
Female
Total
%
%
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0 14:
8,384
(16.4)
7,134
14.0
15,518
(30.4)
15 - 29:
6,907
(13.6)
6,413
12.6)
13,320
(26.2)
-
30 44:
6,340
(12.4)
7,254
(14.2)
13,594
(26.6)
45 - 59:
1.940
3.8)
2,872 (5.6)
4,812
(9.4)
60+
804
1.6)
2,821
(5.5)
3,625
(7.1)
Unknown:
56
(0.1)
74
(0.2)
130
(0.3)
Total:
24,431
(47.9)
26,568
(52.1)
50,999 (100)
(c) Marital Status
%
Single
26,918
(52.8)
Married (with spouse in HK)
12,890
(25.3)
Married (with spouse in China)
7,371
14.4)
Married (with spouse in other places)
695
1.4)
Divorced/separated
101
(0.2)
Widowed
2,824
(5.5)
Unknown
200
(0.4)
(d) Education
%
University
1,597
(3.1)
Other Post-secondary
617
(1.2)
Secondary
16,779
(32.9)
Primary
20,021
(39.3)
Kindergarten/No schooling
11.791
(23.1)
Unknown
194 (0.4)
Source: Immigration Statistics, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
4th Quarters, 1978
Census and Statistics Department