According to a survey conducted by Ipsos on predictions for global issues, 45 percent of respondents from Hong Kong believed it likely that a major natural disaster will have an impact on people in their town or city in 2020. People from Hong Kong believed it more likely to be hit by a natural disaster than the average respondents of all countries covered.
Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020
survey sample were more urban and educated, and with higher incomes than the national average
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The question asked was as follows: "For each of the following, please tell me how likely or unlikely you think they are to happen...
There will be a major natural disaster that will have an impact on people in my town/city."
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Ipsos. (January 6, 2020). Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/
Ipsos. "Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020." Chart. January 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/
Ipsos. (2020). Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/
Ipsos. "Share of Respondents in Hong Kong Who Thought It Likely That a Major Natural Disaster Will Impact People in Their City in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/
Ipsos, Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of respondents in Hong Kong who thought it likely that a major natural disaster will impact people in their city in 2020 [Graph], Ipsos, January 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091297/hong-kong-likelihood-of-major-natural-disaster-impacting-people/
