remarkably representative of the Hong Kong workforce both in
industry distribution and in establishment unit size distribution
as Tables 1 and 2 show.
Table 1
Industries in which Respondents in the Survey were Employed
Compared to the Manpower Distribution Recorded by the 1971
Hong Kong Census
Industry
% Sample % 1971 Census
Manufacturing-textile
24
25
Manufacturing-chemicals,
metal and plastic products
14
13
Manufacturing - other
11
11
Commerce
6
10
Transport and Communications
10
8
Construction and Engineering
13
13
Services and Utilities
22
21
Total
100
101
(N = 917)
(N-1,202,293)
Table 2
Size of Employing Establishments Included in the Survey Compared to
those Registered Industrial Establishments Reported by the Labour Department 1971/2(7)
No. of Employees
% Sample % Total Employees
Under 100
50
44
100 and over
50
56
100
100
(N = 821)*
(N =
598,555)
*95 Government employees interviewed are excluded from the sample
in this Table. (No information on firm size was available for 1
additional respondent.)
The proportion of white-collar workers in the total sample was 30% compared to 68% blue-collar workers (2% were unclassified).
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