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

1 Demographic info of Hong Kong diaspora (US)

a. Hong Kong diaspora by citizenship and immigration status

Our US sample yielded 508 completed responses. 53% of them are US citizens (either native born or via naturalization), and 37.4% are holders of green card and various visas. For the US, only citizens are eligible to vote.

Citizen and Immigration Status
StatusCountPercentage
Native born citizen448.7%
Naturalized citizen22544.3%
Green card holder9017.7%
Work/student visa10019.7%
Aslyum seeking224.3%
Temporary visa275.3%
Total508100%

b. Education level

Our sample is highly education with more than 80% obtained at least a bachelor degree.

Education (Highest Degree Earned)
CategoryCountPercentage
Non-College Graduates4910.3%
Bachelor's degree18037.7%
Professional degree (e.g., MD, DDS, JD)255.2%
Master's & Doctorate degree21845.7%
Prefer not to say51%

c. Gender

Gender
CategoryCountPercentage
Female22948%
Male22246.5%
Non-binary122.5%
Prefer not to say142.9%

d. Age

Age
CategoryCountPercentage
30 and below13428.3%
31 - 40 years old17436.7%
41 - 50 years old9219.4%
51 - 60 years old398.2%
60+ years old357.4%

e. Income Level

Income (Annual household)
CategoryCountPercentage
Under $49,9998618.1%
$50,000 to $99,99910421.9%
More than $100,00024751.9%
Perfer not to say398.2%

f. Departure from Hong Kong

Year of Departure
CategoryCountPercentage
2019 or before33370.6%
After 201913929.4%

2. Party affiliation (US)

Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a/an Democrat, Republican, Independent, or Don't know?

US PID

3. Intended vote choice for 2024 presidential election (US)

[For eligible voters] If the presidential election takes place tomorrow, who will you vote for?

[For non-eligible voters] If you were eligible to vote in the US, and the 2024 presidential election takes place tomorrow, who will you vote for?

US election

4. Performance on various global issues (US)

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 (US)

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 (US)

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

guilt

7. Feeling toward various identities (US)

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, American):

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 (US)

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

engagement