life of women in tseung kwan o most of the women living in tseung kwan o lead a happy life here!...

Life of

Women In

Tseung Kwan O Most of the women living in Tseu

ng Kwan O lead a happy life here!

Most women are satisfied with their job and their boss.

Women enjoy doing housework.

An overwhelming majority enjoys their life-style and their work.

Educational Activity Day

Subject : English

Activity :

A survey of the life of women in Tseung Kwan O was conducted.

Objective:

Let students use English in a communicative way.

Teachers in-charge:

Ms Man Sin Chai

Ms Tsang King Ngai

Student helpers:

6S Cheung Fung Kam

6S Law Kwan Ling

With special thanks to 6S Yu Shing for producing the graphics

Conducted By:

4C Yan Chai Hospital Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School

Date : 25th January, 2002

Report On The Life Of Women In Tseung Kwan O

(A) Terms Of Reference

On the Educational Activity Day of 25th January 2002, the English panel required the students to conduct a survey to investigate the daily life of women living in Tseung Kwan O.

(B) Procedures

The data included in this report was gathered by 18 students from Form 4C of YCH Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School, who had interviewed women living in Tseung Kwan O at random.

Only 69 respondents were analyzed and those who are not living in Tseung Kwan O were eliminated.( C ) Findings

1. Personal InformationHow long have you been living here?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

years

no

. of re

spondents

( a )

Among the respondents, the longest period of living in Tseung Kwan O is 13 years and the shortest time is 1 year. Most of them have been living there for less than five years.

( b )

46 % are housewives, 39% are housemaids and 6% are unemployed. Only 9% have a job other than that of a domestic helper.

What is your occupation?

46%

6%

39%

9%

Housewife Not working Housemaid Others

2. Paid Work

How many hours do you work per day?

1 3 5 7 9 11

13

15

17

19

21

23

hours

no. of people

( a )

Their working hours range from 5 to 18 hours. 57% have to work more than 10 hours a day.

( b ) How much time do you spend on travelling between your home and the place of work everyday?

A large majority of them do not need to spend time on travelling between their home and the work place.

( c ) What is your salary?

below5000

5000-9999

10000-14999

15000-19999

20000-24999

25000-29999

30000-35000

above35000

income

no. o

f re

spon

dent

s

The majority earns less than HK $5000 per month and the highest salary is less than HK $ 35,000.

( d )Are you satisfied with your salary?

86%

14%

Yes No

Are you satisfied with your boss?

76%

24%

Yes No

Most of them are satisfied with their job and their boss.

( e )

Although most of them say that there is pressure in working, a majority enjoys their work.

I s there any pressure in working?

71%

29%

Yes No

Do you enjoy your work?

95%

5%

Yes No

Do you do housework at home?

82%

18%

Yes No

3. Housework( a )

82% of women have to do housework even though some may have a job.( b )

How many people are there in your family?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 above10

number of people in your family

no. o

f res

pond

ents

Most of the families have 2-4 members. It is very rare to have more than 6 people in a family.

( c )How many children do you look af ter?

0 1 2 3 4 5

Number of children

no. o

f re

spon

dent

s

How many meals do you cook per day?

5%

34%

35%

22%4%

0 1 2 3 4

( d )

A large majority has 1-2 children to look after.

Most women have to cook at least 1 meal a day and quite a number of them cook 3 meals a day.

16

( e ) How of ten do you go shopping per week?

36%

15%

42%

7%

Once a week Twice a week Everyday Others

The majority goes shopping everyday but there are a significant number of women who only do it once a week. ( f ) How of ten do you clean your house?

27%

11%57%

5%

Once a week Twice a week Everyday Others

57% clean their house everyday and 27% do it once a week.

Do you enjoy doing housework?

81%

19%

Yes No

( g )

About 80% enjoy doing housework and less than 20% say no.

( h )Do you pref er working or doing housework?

83%

17%

Housework Working

83% prefer doing housework other than working or doing other types of work because they feel that housework is enjoyable and without pressure.

4. Public Facilities( a )

There are enough shopping centers/markets in Tseung Kwan O.

stronglyagree

agree neutral disagree stronglydisagree

no. o

f re

spon

dent

s

Over 60% think that there are enough shopping centers or markets in Tseung Kwan O and only 6.2% do not think so. ( b )

There are enough childcare centers f orthe local population.

stronglyagree

agree neutral disagree stronglydisagree

no

. o

f r

esp

on

den

ts

44% agree that there are enough childcare centers for the local population and 32% take a neutral stance.

( c )There are enough schools f or the children living

here.

strongly agree agree neutral disagree stronglydisagree

no. o

f re

pson

dent

s

About 52% consider that there are enough schools for the children living in the district and 30% are neutral.

There are enough hospitals for the localpopulation.

stronglyagree

agree neutral disagree stronglydisagree

no. o

f re

spon

dent

s

( d )

45% strongly agree, and 14% agree that there are enough medical services for the population.

( e ) There are enough recreational facilitiesin Tseung Kwan O.

stronglyagree

agree neutral disagree stronglydisagree

Num

ber o

f peo

ple

Over 52% think that there are enough recreational facilities and only 25% do not think so. The most popular facilities in the district are the library, parks, sports centers and playgrounds.

(D) Conclusions

1. Most of the respondents settled in Tseung Kwan O, which is a new town and has flourished recently, only within this decade.

2. We have to note that the survey was conducted in the morning around a residential area in this district. Hence, most women interviewed are either housewives or domestic helpers.

3.The working women interviewed are most likely Filipino maids who work for many hours each day and earn less than HK $5,000 per month. Even though the working conditions are not favourable, most respondents are happy with their job and their boss.

5. A majority of women living in the district considers that the public facilities including shopping centers, markets, childcare centers, schools, hospitals and recreational facilities are enough for the local population.

6. We can conclude that most of the women living in Tseung Kwan O lead a happy life here!

4. Most families in Tseung Kwan O are nuclear families with 1 or 2 kids and some may have a maid to help them. The majority has to do a lot of housework, including cooking, shopping and housekeeping everyday. However, an overwhelming majority enjoys their life-style and their work.