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Statistical Reports
Title
Latest Issue
Release Date
    • Title
      Quarterly Report on General Household Survey
      • Latest Issue
        First Quarter 2020
      • Release Date
        29 May 2020
      • Abstract
        This report presents the results of the General Household Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department during January to March (Q1) of 2020. The General Household Survey is a continuous sample survey to collect information on the labour force, unemployment and underemployment. This quarterly ...
    • Title
      Desire of economically inactive persons to take up jobs
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        21 Jun 2019
      • Abstract

        This publication contains key findings of the Thematic Household Survey conducted during March to June 2018. The survey collected information on Hong Kong residents having studied outside Hong Kong, training needs of economically active persons, desire of economically inactive persons to take up ...

    • Title
      Training needs of economically active persons
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        21 Jun 2019
      • Abstract

        This publication contains key findings of the Thematic Household Survey conducted during March to June 2018. The survey collected information on Hong Kong residents having studied outside Hong Kong, training needs of economically active persons, desire of economically inactive persons to take up ...

    • Title
      Pattern of participation in social activities
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        27 Jul 2015
      • Abstract

        This publication contains findings of the Thematic Household Survey conducted during September to December 2013. This survey collected information from Hong Kong residents on their time use pattern, including time allocation and participation in various activities. Relevant respondents were also ...

    • Title
      Pattern of participation in unpaid activities
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        27 Jul 2015
      • Abstract

        This publication contains findings of the Thematic Household Survey conducted during September to December 2013. This survey collected information from Hong Kong residents on their time use pattern, including time allocation and participation in various activities. Relevant respondents were also ...

    • Title
      Job-changing of employed persons
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        7 Dec 2012
      • Abstract
        This publication is the 61st issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Job-changing of employed persons" conducted via the General Household Survey during January to March 2012. The enquiry aimed at providing information on the characteristics ...
    • Title
      Self-employment
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        28 Sep 2012
      • Abstract

        This publication is the sixtieth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Self-employment" conducted via the General Household Survey during October to December 2011. The enquiry aimed at providing information on the characteristics of ...

    • Title
      Employees engaged under employment contracts with short duration or working hours
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        19 Jul 2011
      • Abstract
        This publication is the fifty-fifth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Employees engaged under employment contracts with short duration or working hours" conducted via the General Household Survey during October to December 2009. The enquiry ...
    • Title
      Labour mobility
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        30 Jun 2011
      • Abstract
        This publication is the fifty-fourth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Labour mobility" conducted via the General Household Survey during January to March 2010. The enquiry aimed at providing information on the characteristics of (i) ...
    • Title
      Casual employment
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        29 Jul 2010
      • Abstract
        This publication is the fifty-second issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the results of two special topic enquiries conducted via the General Household Survey during April to June 2009 viz.
        (1) The enquiry "Casual employment" : presenting information on the characteristics ...
    • Title
      Part-time employment
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        29 Jul 2010
      • Abstract
        This publication is the fifty-second issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the results of two special topic enquiries conducted via the General Household Survey during April to June 2009 viz.
        (1) The enquiry "Casual employment" : presenting information on the characteristics ...
    • Title
      Patterns of hours of work of employees
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        10 Mar 2009
      • Abstract
        This publication is the fiftieth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Patterns of hours of work of employees" conducted via the General Household Survey during January to June 2008. The enquiry aimed at providing information pertaining to ...
    • Title
      Benefits of employees under the Employment Ordinance
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        10 Dec 2007
      • Abstract
        This publication is the forty-fifth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the findings of a special topic enquiry on "Benefits of employees under the Employment Ordinance" conducted via the General Household Survey during January to March 2006. The enquiry aimed at providing information ...
    • Title
      Worker displacement
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        8 Oct 2003
      • Abstract

        This publication is the thirty-fourth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports. It presents the results of three special topic enquiries conducted via the General Household Survey during July to September and October to December 2002, viz.

        (1) The enquiry ...

    • Title
      Meal breaks and rest breaks of employees during working hours
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        30 Nov 2001
      • Abstract

        This publication is the twenty-ninth issue in a series of Special Topics Reports to present the results of the special topic enquiries conducted via the General Household Survey. This publication presents the findings of the following three special topic enquiries. The ...

    • Title
      Views on employment of domestic helpers
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        30 Aug 2001
      • Abstract

        In order to meet the requests from policy bureaux and government departments for statistical data on selected social issues, the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) started a series of Thematic Household Survey (THS) in 1999 such that certain enquiries for statistical ...

    • Title
      Sick leave pattern of employees
      • Latest Issue
        -
      • Release Date
        26 Aug 1999
      • Abstract

        This publication is the twenty-third issue in a series of Special Topics Reports to present the results of the special topic enquiries conducted via the General Household Survey. This publication presents the findings of the following two special topic enquiries conducted ...

Feature Articles
Title
Release Date (Latest in the series)
    • Title
      Dependency Trend in Hong Kong
      • Release Date (Latest in the series)
        15 Nov 2018
      • Abstract

        An ageing trend of the Hong Kong population was observed in the past 30 years or so. The median age of the population (excluding foreign domestic helpers) increased from 26.7 in 1982 to 45.3 (provisional) in 2018. Analyses of the changing structure of the population in terms of age and economic ...

    • Title
      Analysis on Full-time and Part-time Employment
      • Release Date (Latest in the series)
        14 Sep 2018
      • Abstract
        During 2007 to 2017, the number of part-time employed persons registered a higher growth rate than that of full-time employed persons, thus part-time employment accounted for an increasing share of total employment. This article provides an analysis on the profiles of full-time and part-time employed ...
    • Title
      Hong Kong Labour Force Projections
      • Release Date (Latest in the series)
        16 Oct 2017
      • Abstract

        The Census and Statistics Department has compiled a new set of labour force projections covering the period 2017 to 2066. The projection results provide information on the projected labour supply in Hong Kong and its age and sex distribution during 2017 to 2066. In accordance with the projections, ...

    • Title
      Self-employment
      • Release Date (Latest in the series)
        20 Aug 2004
      • Abstract
        The Census and Statistics Department conducted an enquiry on self-employment via the General Household Survey during April to June 2003, which aimed to collect information on the detailed characteristics of self-employed persons and their employment situation prior to their becoming self-employed. ...
    • Title
      Job-changing of Employed Persons
      • Release Date (Latest in the series)
        23 Feb 2002
      • Abstract
        An enquiry on job-changing of employed persons was conducted via the General Household Survey during October to December 2000 to collect information on the basic profiles of the job-changers. It also collected information about the last job and the present job undertaken by the job-changers so as to ...

Statistical Tables, Charts & Datasets

Title
Starts In*
Last Update
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 006 : Labour Force, Unemployment and Underemployment
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Chart 006 : Unemployment Rates (Seasonally Adjusted) and Underemployment Rates
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 007 : Labour Force and Labour Force Participation Rate - By Sex
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Chart 007-A : Labour Force by Sex
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Chart 007-B : Labour Force Participation Rates by Sex
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 008 : Labour Force and Labour Force Participation Rate - By Age Group
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Chart 008-A : Labour Force by Age Group
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Chart 008-B : Labour Force Participation Rates by Age Group
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 009 : Unemployment Rate by Previous Industry
2008
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 010 : Unemployment Rate by Previous Occupation
2011
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 011 : Unemployment Rate by Sex and Age
1982
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 012 : Underemployment Rate by Industry
2008
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 013 : Underemployment Rate by Occupation
2011
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 014 : Underemployment Rate by Sex and Age
1983
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 015 : Employed persons by hours of work during the 7 days before enumeration and sex
1985
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (HTML) or Statistical Chart
Table 016 : Median hours of work during the 7 days before enumeration of employed persons by sex and industry of main employment
2008
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E003 : Number of employed persons by industry and occupation
2011
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E016 : Detailed statistical tables on labour force, employment, unemployment and underemployment
2011
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E018 : Unemployed persons with a previous job by detailed previous industry (Table 3.1 in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
2008
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E019 : Labour force by age and sex (Table 1.1 in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1985
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E020 : Labour force by age and sex (excluding foreign domestic helpers) (Table 1.1A in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1993
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E021 : Unemployed persons by age and sex (Table 2.1 in Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1985
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E022 : Unemployed persons with a previous job by previous occupation, age and sex (Table 3.3 in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
2011
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E023 : Employed persons by employment status, age and sex (Table 4.2 in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1985
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E024 : Employed persons by industry of main employment, age and sex (Table 4.5 in Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
2008
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E025 : Employed persons by occupation of main employment, age and sex (Table 4.6 in Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
2011
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E026 : Employed persons by monthly employment earnings and sex (Table 4.9 in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1985
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E027 : Employed persons by monthly employment earnings and sex (excluding foreign domestic helpers) (Table 4.9A in the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1993
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E028 : Underemployed persons by age and sex (Table 7.1 in Quarterly Report on General Household Survey)
1985
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E033 : Median monthly employment earnings of employed persons by educational attainment
2012
29 May 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E036 : Labour force, unemployed persons and unemployment rate by sex and age
1993
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E037 : Unemployed persons and unemployment rate with a previous job by detailed previous industry
2008
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E038 : Employed persons by detailed industry of main employment
2008
16 Jun 2020
Statistical Table (Excel)
Table E486 : Hong Kong Labour Force Projections
2017
8 Sep 2017
XML File
Dataset X030 : Dataset on General Household Survey
2015
29 May 2020
* Refers to the earliest issue of statistical reports, feature articles, statistical classifications and references on concepts and methods, or the earliest time point of statistical series in statistical tables, charts & datasets. Values are presented in year.