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Article: HONG KONG: MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME GROWING.
- Article from:
- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- June 19, 2007
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According to news.gov.hk: A Census & Statistics Department study has found that households with monthly income below $4,000 rose from 6.7% in 1996 to 9.2% last year, while those with income of $40,000 or more grew from 15% to 17%. One of the reasons for the rise in the former was the increasing number of older-person households. The increase in the latter was mainly associated with the growth of two-earner households and improvement in the educational attainment of the population. The study, released today, found that the median monthly income from main employment of the working population rose 5.3% from ...