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any children.

were childless.

This means in fact that for the total sample, 72

zOf those respondents who did have children, few

had large numbers but the respondents' fairly young age range and

the fact that their children were mainly either school children or

too young to have started school suggests that the majority of the

respondents' families may not have been completed yet.

Household Size:

Only 7 respondents lived on their own, only 20 respondents in fact

lived with less than 3 other people. The average number of persons

per household was 6. Fifteen of the respondents were the sole bread-

winner in the household and a further 30 respondents were one of

two breadwinners. The average number of wage-earners per household

was 3 indicating that the majority of respondents shared the bread-

winning role with more than one other person.

Places Respondents spent Childhood and Youth:

An overwhelmingly large number of respondents (83) had in fact grown

up in Hong Kong or Kowloon. If the 2rrespondents who grew up in the

New Territories are added in, 85 of sample are Hong Kong bred. Only

14 came from mainland China (mainly Canton). This origin ties in

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obviously with the sample's young age, average age in fact was 29↳

years. The sample members do not on the whole therefore appear to

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be have been refugees.

Father/lale Guardians' Occupation:

The majority of the sample here had urban, working class fathers etc.

Again respondents don't appear to be refugee peasants; only 4 came

from an ordinary rural background.

However, a substantial minority

of the sample, 40, appear to have experienced downward social mobility

in relation to their fathers.