平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION Telephone Survey Women ’ s Knowledge of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 2 Objectives Primary:  To assess the extent of women’s knowledge of CEDAW Also:  To gauge respondents’ main concerns as women

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 3 Methodology  Telephone interviews  Random sample of household telephone numbers  Fieldwork period: 10 – 23 December 2002

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 4 Respondents Target Respondents: Women living in Hong Kong aged 15 – 64 Successful interviews: 1,528 (Response rate: 41.1%)

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 5 Respondents  Homemakers: 38%  Live in public housing estate: 37%  Average monthly personal income less than HK$8,000: 33%* (* Percentage of working persons)

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 6 Key Findings

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 7 Awareness of CEDAW 67% not aware of CEDAW if no description given.

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 8 Awareness of extension of CEDAW to Hong Kong Among those aware of CEDAW (aided and unaided), 58% unsure or don’t know CEDAW has been extended to Hong Kong.

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 9 Relevance of CEDAW 56% consider CEDAW very relevant or quite relevant to them.

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 10 Consultation on implementing CEDAW  58% very or quite wish the government consults them on how to implement CEDAW  Only 4% do not wish to be consulted at all

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 11 Government policies or measures to raise women’s status 71% either don’t know or consider the government had no policies or measures to raise women’s status in the past six years.

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 12 Main Concerns as Women

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 13 Top three concerns as women expressed by all respondents

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 14 Major areas of concern  Career – job stability, employment opportunities/difficulties in finding jobs, salary cut  Family – family members’ health, relationship/ care, job stability and financial status  Children – mainly children’s studies  Hong Kong society – mainly not optimistic about HK’s economic growth  Health – own health

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 15 Sub-group Analysis Significant findings identified in three sub-groups

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 16 Homemakers  73% not aware of CEDAW if no description given (67%)  Top three concerns: Family – family members’ health, job stability and financial status Children – children’s studies Career – employment opportunities/ difficulties in finding jobs (% in bracket represents percentages for overall analysis)

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 17 Respondents living in public housing estate / squatters  71% not aware of CEDAW if no description given (67%)  Top three concerns: Career – employment opportunities / difficulties in finding jobs, job stability and salary cut Family – f amily members’ health, job stability and relationship/ care Hong Kong society – not optimistic about HK’s economic growth (% in bracket represents percentages for overall analysis)

平等機會委員會 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION 18 Respondents having monthly personal income less than $8,000  70% not aware of CEDAW if no description (67%)  Top three concerns: Career – own job stability, salary cut Family – family members’ health and job stability Children – children’s studies (% in bracket represents percentages for overall analysis)