Money – that’s what Hong Kong women want, survey finds
YWCA poll to mark International Women’s Day also finds most females believe being married to a driver or site worker would make them miserable
While it is a cliché that money can’t buy happiness, Hong Kong women have rated it as the most important factor for their well-being, according to a poll by YWCA released on Sunday.
The second most important factor was love, with marriage third, the survey showed.
And most women believed being the wife of a driver, site worker or sportsman would make them most miserable.
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Commissioned by Plaza Hollywood to mark International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the YWCA interviewed 1,451 women aged 15 or above in January and February on how they viewed the well-being or happiness of women in Hong Kong.
According to the survey, 58 per cent of respondents believed they could live a better life if their husbands were professionals such as doctors, lawyers and engineers.
Close to 56 per cent believed life would be good if their husbands owned their own businesses, while slightly more than 35 per cent would like their husbands to be bankers or stockbrokers.
At the other end of the scale, the least desirable occupation was driver, with only 1.3 per cent of women believing they could live a good life if they married a man who gets behind a wheel for a living.