Parents
And Children's Views On Obscene And Violent Articles
15 April 2000
1.
Introduction
The Hong Kong Federation Of Youth Groups conducted a telephone survey between 7 and 12 April 2000. A total of 518 parents with children under the age of 18 and a total of 505 youth, between the ages of 12 and 18 were successfully interviewed. The following are the results of the survey and which will be divided into two parts : that of the parents and that of the children.
2.
Findings
2.1
Parents' Section
Table
1.
Sex, Age, Education and Occupation Distribution
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequency |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Sex |
|
|
|
Male |
166 |
32.1% |
|
Female |
351 |
67.9% |
|
Total |
517 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Age |
|
|
|
21-30 |
60 |
12.0% |
|
31-40 |
237 |
47.2% |
|
41-50 |
176 |
35.0% |
|
51-60 |
26 |
5.2% |
|
61-70 |
3 |
0.6% |
|
Total |
502 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
Primary or Below |
92 |
17.9% |
|
Secondary (F.1 to F.3) |
142 |
27.7% |
|
Secondary (F.4 to F.5) |
183 |
35.7% |
|
Matriculation |
28 |
5.5% |
|
Tertiary, non degree course |
27 |
5.3% |
|
Tertiary, degree course |
41 |
8.0% |
|
Total |
513 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Occupation |
|
|
|
Professional and semi-professional |
91 |
17.8% |
|
Clerical and service workers |
105 |
20.5% |
|
Production workers |
43 |
8.4% |
|
Unskilled workers |
40 |
7.8% |
|
Housewife |
213 |
41.5% |
|
Others (unemployed, retired, etc.) |
21 |
4.1% |
|
Total |
513 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
A. Parents' Attitude
Towards Their Children Reading Pornographic And Violent Articles
Table
2. According to your knowledge, has
your child ever read the following articles?
|
|
Always |
Occasionally
/ Sometimes |
Rarely |
Never |
Don't
know / hard to say |
Total |
|
Info
and Entertainment Magazines / Journals |
22 4.3% |
134 25.9% |
51 9.9% |
302 58.4% |
8 1.5% |
517 100.0% |
|
Triad
related / Violent Comics |
8 1.5% |
39 7.5% |
32 6.2% |
430 83.2% |
8 1.5% |
517 100.0% |
|
Pages
containing pornographic materials in
newspapers or magazines |
3 0.6% |
18 3.5% |
24 4.6% |
442 85.5% |
30 5.8% |
517 100.0% |
|
Adult
Comics / Magazines |
---- |
10 1.9% |
5 1.0% |
492 95.2% |
10 1.9% |
517 100.0% |
|
Adult
Homepage / CD ROMs |
---- |
4 0.8% |
4 0.8% |
490 94.8% |
19 3.7% |
517 100.0% |
Table 3.
How does your child come across pornographic and violent articles?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequency |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased
by himself /herself or shared the purchase with others |
81 |
37.3% |
|
Available
at home |
53 |
24.4% |
|
Purchased
by myself |
26 |
12.0% |
|
Borrowed
from his / her school mates or friends |
25 |
11.5% |
|
Through
the internet |
6 |
2.8% |
|
Others |
7 |
3.2% |
|
Don't
know / hard to say |
19 |
8.8% |
|
Total |
217 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
Table 4. Are you worried about your child's contact with
pornographic and violent articles?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequency |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Very
worried |
61 |
11.9% |
|
Worried |
185 |
36.1% |
|
Not
worried as such |
168 |
32.7% |
|
Not
worried at all |
91 |
17.7% |
|
Don't
know / hard to say |
8 |
1.6% |
|
Total |
517 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
Table
5. How would you respond if you
found out that your child was reading pornographic and violent articles?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequency |
% |
|
|
|
|
Prevention
|
|
|
|
Persuade
him / her not to read anymore |
304 |
58.8% |
|
Prohibit him / her to read further |
35 |
6.8% |
|
Scold him / her |
21 |
4.1% |
Encouragement
|
|
|
|
Teach him / her how to read |
81 |
15.7% |
|
Read together with them |
8 |
1.5% |
|
Others |
10 |
1.9% |
|
No response |
36 |
7.0% |
|
Don't know / hard to say |
22 |
4.3% |
|
Total |
517 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
Table
6.
Table 6.
What
have you done to prevent your child from reading pornographic and violent
articles? (Read out the options1-6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frequency |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
No such materials in the home |
188 |
36.4% |
|
Taught him / her not to read these
articles |
118 |
22.9% |
|
I do not read these articles in order
to set a good example |
112 |
21.7% |
|
Stopped him / her |
43 |
8.3% |
|
Others |
9 |
1.7%</ |