A telephone survey was conducted from 18 to 22 September 2017 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to gauge public views on emigration from Hong Kong. 719 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 38.4%. The sampling error is + or – 3.65 percentage points at a confidence level of 95%.<\/p>
Major findings are summarized as follows:<\/strong><\/p> One third (33.1%) of respondents indicated that they would emigrate to other places if they got the chance. Compared to a similar survey a year ago (September 2016), the percentage decreased from 38.9% to 33.1%. Some 13.4% of them answered that they have taken actions to make preparation (equivalent to 4.5% of the total number of respondents). A further analysis to break down the tendency of emigration by age groups or levels of education indicated that younger people (e.g. aged 18-30: 45.5%) had a higher tendency to emigrate compared to older people (e.g. aged 51 and above: 20.2%), if they got the chance. Moreover, more respondents with college or above education (48.8%) indicated their intention to emigrate in contrast to the number of people of other levels of education. Among those inclined to emigrate, 20.2% had not decided where to move. Three preferable destinations, ranked by popularity, were Australia (16.8%), Canada (16.8%), and Taiwan (12.2%).<\/p> Counted by the number of respondents, top three pushing factors for emigration among those inclined to move were “too much political dispute \/ social cleavage” (31.1%), “overcrowded living conditions” (21.8%), and “dissatisfied with the political institutions” (17.2%). Counted by the number of respondents, top three pulling factors included “ample living space” (38.9%), “well-rounded democratic institutions” (15.8%), and “comprehensive social benefits” (11.6%). Compared with the survey last year, the top pushing factor was “dissatisfaction with SAR government\/government performance\/Chief Executive\/high-ranking government officials”, while the top pulling factor was not changed.<\/p> This survey also asked the respondents to rate Hong Kong’s quality of living, with a point scale ranging from 0 (very unsuitable) to 100 (very suitable), and with 50 indicating “in-between”. The average score for Hong Kong as a livable city rated by respondents was 63.9.<\/p> Among all the respondents, about 12.8% had experiences of living abroad for six months or longer. Only 5.7% of respondents had foreign rights of abode and 31.8% had family members or relatives now living abroad. <\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"2612","photos_original":null,"attachments_original":[{"link":"59db18640ce06.pdf","text":"Attachment (Chinese version only)"}]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}