Hong Kong Diaspora Studies Initiative (HKDSI)
流散港人研究計劃

1 Demographic info of Hong Kong diaspora (UK)

a. Hong Kong diaspora by citizenship and immigration status

Our UK sample yielded 756 completed responses. 77.5% of them are eligible to vote in the UK. People with citizenship status or BNO passport holders are eligible voters. A majority of the UK sample (66.4%) are BNO passport holders.

Citizen and Immigration Status
StatusCountPercentage
Native born citizen182.4%
Naturalized citizen678.9%
BNO passport holder50166.4%
BNO visa holder11014.6%
Work/student permit374.9%
Aslyum seeking131.7%
Temporary visa91.2%
Total756100%

b. Education level

Education (Highest Degree Earned)
CategoryCountPercentage
Non-College Graduates13518.3%
Bachelor's degree30241%
Professional degree (e.g., MD, DDS, JD)233.1%
Master's & Doctorate degree26335.7%
Prefer not to say141.9%

c. Gender

Gender
CategoryCountPercentage
Female29439.5%
Male41055%
Non-binary91.2%
Prefer not to say324.3%

d. Age

Age
CategoryCountPercentage
30 and below19125.7%
31 - 40 years old23131%
41 - 50 years old18024.2%
51 - 60 years old10013.4%
60+ years old425.6%

e. Income Level

Income (Annual household)
CategoryCountPercentage
Under £25,99922930.3%
£26,000 to 74,99932042.8%
More than £75,00011415.1%
Perfer not to say8211.9%

f. Departure from Hong Kong

Year of Departure
CategoryCountPercentage
2019 or before8611.6%
After 201965488.4%

2. Party affiliation (UK)

Generally speaking, which party do you identify with the most?

UK_PID

3. Intended vote choice for 2024 general election (UK)

[For eligible voters] Which party did you vote for?

[For non-eligible voters] If you were eligible to vote in the UK, which party would you have voted for in 2024 General Election?

US election

4. Performance on various global issues (UK)

Thinking about the US presidential election candidates, who do you think would be better in dealing with the following issues? (China policy, Climate policy, Global economy, Israel-Gaza conflict, Ukraine-Russian conflict)

performance

5. Attitude toward Western countries and Taiwan Relation (UK)

If war were to erupt across the strait, do you think the US and other western nations will aid Taiwan by providing financial and humanitarian aid, providing military aids/weapons, and joining the war?

TW

6. Guilt toward protesters in HK (UK)

Do you agree with the following statement regarding protesters who are still in Hong Kong:

guilt

7. Feeling toward various identities (UK)

Please use a scale of 0-10 to rate your strength of different identities, with 10 indicating extremely strong, 0 indicating extremely weak, and 5 indicating half-half. How would you rate yourself? (Hongkonger, Chinese, British):

The number indicates the median; the green bar shows 50% of respondents fall within this range; yellow bar is where 80% of response; the curve shows the distribution of the responses.

identity

8. Engagement of activities related to Hong Kong (UK)

What activities have you engaged in supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement in your host country in the past 12 months?

engagement