Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1991

Fam ily Background With respect to the level of educational attainment of students' parents, it has been found that 17.7 per cent of the fathers and 8.4 per cent of the mothers have received education to tertiary level while 38 per cent of the fathers and some 33 per cent of the mothers have received secondary education. As regards their occupations, 21 per cent of the fathers are production-related workers, 14.5 per cent are service workers, 14 per cent are store-owners or merchants, and 13 per cent are professionals or in managerial positions. Over half of the mothers (56.8 per cent) are housewives, while 19 per cent are em ployed as production-related workers. Students under survey come from families with a median monthly household income of $11,277. Under six per cent of the families have a monthly household income of below $5,000. About 88 per cent of the freshmen have to rely in varying degrees on their families for financial support. More than half of them (58.2 per cent) also indicate the need for government grants and loans. Some 48 per cent plan to take up summer or part-time jobs to help provide for their education expenses. Parents ， occupation Hom e Environment Some 39 per cent of the students live in Kowloon, another 39 per cent in the New Territories, and 21 per cent on Hong Kong Island. Nearly half of them (44.7 per cent) live in private housing, while some 43 per cent live in public housing estates. The average household size is 5 persons and the average number of siblings is 2.3. The overall average living area per person is 9.2 square metres, which is slightly higher than that of the previous year (8.4 square metres). However, nearly 37 per cent of the students do not have a favourable study environment at home. This may partly explain why close to 73 per cent of the respondents have expressed a strong desire for campus accom­ modation. STUDENTS 19