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Written by: Zheng Baosheng
2019-11-27 22:04
Last updated: 2019-11-27 22:04The Women's Committee of the Chinese Manufacturers 'Association of Hong Kong (The Manufacturers' Association) (Women's Committee, previously commissioned Hong Kong's Hang Seng University (Hengda) to conduct a study on the role of women in business and industry in society and family 2019) to understand the work of women's management in Hong Kong And living conditions.
The results show that working women seem to have a greater burden in the family position than before. In addition, the mental pressure on young and single female managers deserves public attention.
The Manufacturers 'Association stated that there were very few studies focusing on the investigation of women's management. The last survey, which may have been conducted jointly by several major chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, including manufacturers' associations, was published in the next 25 years. The study was conducted in the form of a questionnaire from August 10 to October 10, 2019. The survey objects were female employers and management of the business sector in Hong Kong. A total of 481 responses were received, of which 221 were valid samples.
In this survey, the proportion of respondents with a university degree or above (87.0%) is higher than in 1995 (50.2%). In addition, 56.3% of the respondents had one or more job-related professional qualifications, with an average of more than two professional qualifications over the age of 50.
Manufacturers' surveys show that 46.9% of female management interviewees report that work can cause mental distress. (Profile picture)
Husband and wife accounts are quite clear
In terms of income, 28.1% of the respondents said that their annual income with their partners is close to each other, and 23.7% said that their income is less than their own, which is more than 10 percentage points higher than 13.2% in 1995. In addition, 36% said Partner income is higher than themselves. In terms of common expenses, husband and wife accounts are quite clear. Among them, "family daily expenses", "children's expenses", and "mortgage expenses" are probably shared equally between the two parties.
Unbalanced division of child discipline among women
In terms of discipline, all areas are rarely handled by the husband alone; except for "choose a school for children" (49.1%), "care for sick children" (44%), and "handling children's emotional problems" (59.5%) are Most of them are handled by husband and wife together. "Children meet parents" (41.4%), "directing children's homework" (38.8%), "arranging children's extracurricular activities" (53.4%), all tend to be handled by the wife, reflecting the husband and wife's discipline There is a serious imbalance in the division of labor among children.
Manufacturers' surveys show that 44.6% of female executives surveyed said that work has a negative impact on their health. (Profile picture)
Nearly half of the respondents cited work as causing mental distress
32.6% of the respondents indicated that private time was not enough, while on the issue of stress, 46.9% of the respondents said that work would cause mental distress, and 44.6% said that it would have a negative impact on physical health. Respondents aged 35 or below are mentally distressed due to stress, which is more significant than older respondents. In addition, unmarried respondents are worse off in terms of mental and physical conditions than married respondents, and the situation deserves attention.
Tends to agree that fertility makes it difficult for women to advance in their careers
In terms of social values, respondents tended to agree that "bringing up children makes it difficult for women to advance in their careers" and "the Hong Kong government does not pay enough attention to women's labor rights." In addition, younger working women will feel more disadvantaged in the workplace than older respondents, reflecting the inequality that gender brings to career development for women who have less experience and whose careers are still in their infancy. Still obvious.
Serious workplace discrimination comes from two sources
Overall, the respondents did not feel that there was serious gender discrimination in the workplace in Hong Kong. However, compared with 25 years ago, working women seem to be more burdened with family positions than before. This "burden" involves at least two aspects: First, the husband's family share is trivial, and most of the matters related to the discipline of the child still rely on his wife to worry about. Second, in addition to the unequal division of labor between men and women, expectations of children directly increase the additional burden on working women.
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