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English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
The Opportunity Cost of English Language Education

Hong Kong's Income Gaps and GINI Indices


Table 35
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Table 35 Percentage Distribution of Monthly Household Income by Decile Groups (Domestic Households)
Decile1 1991 1996 2001  
     
1st (richest 10%) 37.3 73.22 41.8 75.4 41.2 76.4  100.0  c  
2nd 15.5 14.5 15.3  58.8  u  
3rd 11.4 10.6 11.1  43.5  m  
4th 9.0 8.5 8.8  32.4  u  
5th 7.4 26.83 7.0 24.6  7.0 23.6  23.6  l  
6th 6.1 5.7 5.6  16.6  a  t
7th 5.0 4.6 4.4  11.0  t  o
8th 4.0 3.6 3.4  6.6  i  t
9th 3.0 2.6 2.3  3.2  v  a
10th (poorest 10%) 1.3 1.1 0.9  0.9  e  l
Total 100.0  100.0 100.0  100.0 100.0  100.0  0.0    
     
GINI Coefficient4(graphs 35d and 35e) 47.6 51.8 52.5      
 
Source: Hong Kong Special Administrative Regional Government, Census and Statistics Department. 2001 Census Section. 2001. Population Census Summary Results. Table 28 Percentage distribution of monthly household income by decile groups of domestic households, 1991, 1996, 2001. (Census and Statistics Department formatting.)
Note1: Each decile represents one tenth of the region's total population. For example the 1st decile includes the richest 10 percent of all Hong Kong citizens. The second decile includes the second richest, and so on down to the poorest 10 percent.
Note2: This figure was obtained by totaling the income received by each of the top 4 deciles.
Note3: This figure was obtained by totaling the income received by the each of the bottom 6 deciles.
Note4: A low GINI score indicates more income equality, a high GINI score more inequality. For an online tutorial that uses Shockwave Player, please see graph 35e.
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