In 2000, of the
710 street sleepers with known information on occumpation, 113 (15.9%) were working
and the remaining 597 (84.1%) were either unemployed or economically inactive.
| Year |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
| Occupation |
No. |
% |
Average
monthly earnings | No. |
% |
Average
monthly earnings | No. |
% |
Average
monthly earnings | | Ragpicker |
80 |
49.1 |
1097 |
58 |
49.6 |
1023 |
56 |
49.6 |
926 |
| Casual
worker# | 35 |
21.5 |
2326 |
29 |
24.8 |
3231 |
31 |
27.4 |
3044 |
| Hawker |
7 |
4.3 |
3417 |
8 |
6.8 |
2967 |
8 |
7.1 |
3750 |
| Coolie/
Transportation worker | 5 |
3.1 |
2863 |
4 |
5.1 |
1606 |
6 |
5.3 |
6598 |
| Cleaning
Worker | 10 |
6.1 |
2991 |
6 |
3.4 |
4623 |
3 |
2.7 |
4000 |
| Painting
Worker | 5 |
3.1 |
3800 |
N.A. |
| Construction
Worker | 3 |
1.8 |
7000 |
| Others |
18 |
11.0 |
2915 |
12 |
10.3 |
3667 |
9 |
8.0 |
6582 |
| Total |
163 |
100.0 |
2056 |
117 |
100.0 |
2319 |
113 |
100.0 |
3132 |
# Refers to those who were not engaged in a specific occumpation and worked in
more than one occumpational group subject to availability of jobs
Source:
SWD. Survey of Street Sleeper 1996,1998,2000. HK: SWD
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