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[Q1-10] Do you currently own any XXX, excluding those in the office?

	Yes		No		Total
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Mobile phone	1,237	82.1%	269	17.9%	1,506	100.0%
Desktop computer	810	53.8%	696	46.2%	1,506	100.0%
Private email account	622	41.3%	884	58.7%	1,506	100.0%
TV game	525	34.8%	981	65.2%	1,506	100.0%
Broadband	475	31.5%	1,031	68.5%	1,506	100.0%
Digital camera or digital video camera	370	24.6%	1,136	75.4%	1,506	100.0%
MP3 music file	365	24.2%	1,141	75.8%	1,506	100.0%
Notebook computer	210	13.9%	1,296	86.1%	1,506	100.0%
Personal (or family) homepage	170	11.3%	1,336	88.7%	1,506	100.0%
PDA/Palm	152	10.1%	1,354	89.9%	1,506	100.0%

Summary Table for Possession of Personal Technology Tools

	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
0	223	14.8%	14.8%
1	328	21.8%	36.6%
2	138	9.2%	45.8%
3	155	10.3%	56.0%
4	131	8.7%	64.7%
5	179	11.9%	76.6%
6	154	10.2%	86.8%
7	110	7.3%	94.1%
8	51	3.4%	97.5%
9	26	1.7%	99.2%
10	11	0.8%	100.0%
Total	1,506	100.0%

Mean	3.3
Standard error	0.07
Median	3.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	0

[Q11] Of all the above-mentioned products, which three of them are the most important to you? Please rank in order.

	Most important	Second most important	Third most important	Total
Mobile phone	574	271	70	915
	(38.1%)	(18.0%)	(4.6%)	(60.8%)
Desktop computer	382	313	51	746
	(25.4%)	(20.8%)	(3.4%)	(49.5%)
Private email account	19	28	133	180
	(1.3%)	(1.9%)	(8.8%)	(12.0%)
Notebook computer	77	61	28	166
	(5.1%)	(4.1%)	(1.9%)	(11.0%)
Digital camera or digital video camera	10	46	109	165
	(0.7%)	(3.1%)	(7.2%)	(11.0%)
Broadband	15	30	72	116
	(1.0%)	(2.0%)	(4.8%)	(7.7%)
TV game	6	31	54	91
	(0.4%)	(2.1%)	(3.6%)	(6.0%)
MP3 music file	6	15	57	78
	(0.4%)	(1.0%)	(3.8%)	(5.2%)
PDA/Palm	4	21	47	72
	(0.3%)	(1.4%)	(3.1%)	(4.8%)
Personal homepage	1	3	15	19
	(0.1%)	(0.2%)	(1.0%)	(1.3%)

Data in ( ) are percentage of the total sample

[Q12] What do you use your personal computer mainly for? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=2,235 responses from 1,503 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Do not use personal computer	651	29.1%	43.2%
Information searching, news reading…etc [Information]	406	18.2%	27.0%
Clerical work processing	378	16.9%	25.1%
e-mail, ICQ [Social]	316	14.2%	21.0%
Games, entertainment [For leisure]	211	9.4%	14.0%
Software downloading, Management of personal information [Application]	103	4.6%	6.8%
Investment and financial planning, bills paying…etc [Finance]	44	2.0%	2.9%
Online shopping, consuming [Consuming]	23	1.0%	1.5%
Others	26	1.2%	1.7%
Don't know / hard to say	76	3.4%	5.0%
Total	2,235	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	3

[Q13] What do you think you will use your personal computer mainly for one year from now? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=2,354 responses from 1,503 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Will not use personal computer	567	24.1%	37.6%
Information searching, news reading…etc [Information]	424	18.0%	28.2%
Clerical work processing	387	16.4%	25.7%
e-mail, ICQ [Social]	333	14.2%	22.1%
Games, entertainment [For leisure]	184	7.8%	12.2%
Software downloading, Management of personal information [Application]	117	5.0%	7.8%
Investment and financial planning, bills paying…etc [Finance]	66	2.8%	4.4%
Online shopping, consuming [Consuming]	40	1.7%	2.7%
Others	48	2.0%	3.2%
Don't know / hard to say	187	7.9%	12.4%
Total	2,354	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	3

[Q14] What do you use your mobile phone mainly for? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=1,621 responses from 1,505 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Do not use mobile phone	245	15.1%	16.3%
Communication	1,229	75.8%	81.6%
Sending and receiving short messages (SMS)	56	3.4%	3.7%
Getting connected to the Internet	22	1.4%	1.5%
Downloading (e.g. ring tone, screen logo)	20	1.2%	1.3%
Entertainment (e.g. game, MP3)	10	0.6%	0.7%
Others	13	0.8%	0.9%
Don't know / hard to say	26	1.6%	1.7%
Total	1,621	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	1

[Q15] What do you think you will use your mobile phone mainly for one year from now? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=1,748 responses from 1,505 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Will not use mobile phone	221	12.6%	14.7%
Communication	1,156	66.1%	76.8%
Getting connected to the Internet	108	6.2%	7.2%
Sending and receiving short messages (SMS)	75	4.3%	5.0%
Downloading (e.g. ring tone, screen logo)	29	1.6%	1.9%
Entertainment (e.g. game, MP3)	15	0.9%	1.0%
Others	40	2.3%	2.7%
Don't know / hard to say	104	6.0%	6.9%
Total	1,748	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	1

[Q16] In general, please use a scale of 0-10 to rate your proficiency of Information Technology, with 10 indicating absolutely proficient, 0 indicating absolutely not proficient and 5 indicating half-half. How would you rate yourself?

	Frequency	Percentage
0	206	16.2%
1 - 2	120	9.5%
3 - 4	223	17.5%
5	371	29.1%
6 - 7	271	21.3%
8 - 9	74	5.8%
10	7	0.6%
Total	1,273	100.0%
Mean	4.1
Standard error	0.07
Median	5.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 229 "don't know / hard to say")	233

[Q17] Again, please use a scale of 0-10 to rate the overall proficiency of Information Technology of the people in Hong Kong, with 10 indicating absolutely proficient, 0 indicating absolutely not proficient and 5 indicating half-half. How would you rate the people in Hong Kong?

	Frequency	Percentage
0	7	0.6%
1 - 2	14	1.3%
3 - 4	126	11.7%
5	333	30.7%
6 - 7	423	39.1%
8 - 9	147	13.6%
10	33	3.0%
Total	1,084	100.0%

Mean	5.9
Standard error	0.05
Median	6.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 417 "don't know / hard to say")	422

[Q18] Assume that we select one hundred Hong Kong people to form a representative sample. How would you rank yourself regarding the proficiency of Information Technology when compared with others?

	Frequency	Percentage
1 - 20	85	7.8%
21 - 40	126	11.6%
41 - 50	230	21.1%
51 - 70	188	17.3%
71 - 90	184	17.0%
91 - 100	275	25.2%
Total	1,088	100.0%

Mean	65.8
Standard error	0.83
Median	65.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 405 "don't know / hard to say")	418

[Q19] Assume that your current proficiency of Information Technology scores 100, what do you think this indicator will become one year from now?

	Frequency	Percentage
Below 100	189	18.9%
100	246	24.6%
101 - 120	251	25.1%
121 - 150	198	19.8%
Above 150	116	11.6%
Total	1,000	100.0%

Mean	118.0
Standard error	1.80
Median	110.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 492 "don't know / hard to say")	506

[Q20] How important do you think Information Technology is to you?

	Frequency	Percentage
Very important	254	16.9%	)
Quite important	591	39.3%	) 56.2%
Half-half	224	14.9%
Quite unimportant	208	13.9%	)
Very unimportant	67	4.5%	) 18.4%
Don't know / hard to say	159	10.6%
Total	1,504	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	2

[Q21] Do you think the Internet has generally made your life better or worse?

	Frequency	Percentage
Do not use the Internet	419	27.9%
Better	672	44.7%
No changes	240	15.9%
Worse	24	1.6%
Don't know / hard to say	150	10.0%
Total	1,505	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	1

[Q22] Do you think mobile phone has generally made your life better or worse?

	Frequency	Percentage
Do not use mobile phone	188	12.5%
Better	1,044	69.4%
No changes	170	11.3%
Worse	18	1.2%
Don't know / hard to say	84	5.5%
Total	1,505	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	1

[Q23] On the whole, how satisfied are you with the government's policies on the development of Information Technology?

	Frequency	Percentage
Very satisfied	18	1.2%	)
Quite satisfied	436	29.2%	) 30.4%
Half-half	288	19.3%
Quite dissatisfied	229	15.4%	)
Very dissatisfied	33	2.2%	) 17.6%
Don't know / hard to say	487	32.7%
Total	1,491	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	15

[Q24] On the whole, do you have confidence in Hong Kong's future?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	753	50.1%
No	496	33.0%
Don't know / hard to say	254	16.9%
Total	1,503	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	3

[Q25] Hong Kong is currently facing various problems. What kind of problems are you most concerned with?

	Frequency	Percentage
Economic problems	1,064	70.8%
Social problems	250	16.6%
Political problems	40	2.6%
Don't know / hard to say / can't tell which is the most important	100	6.7%
No opinion	50	3.3%
Total	1,504	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	2

[Q26] Generally speaking, are you satisfied with the present social condition in Hong Kong?

	Frequency	Percentage
Very satisfied	5	0.4%	)
Quite satisfied	339	22.6%	) 23.0%
Half-half	407	27.1%
Quite dissatisfied	570	37.9%	)
Very dissatisfied	67	4.4%	) 42.3%
Don't know / hard to say	115	7.7%
Total	1,503	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	3

[Q27] Please evaluate the social condition in Hong Kong nowadays. If you were to use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate whether Hong Kong is a civilized society, with 10 indicating absolutely civilized, 0 indicating absolutely uncivilized, 5 indicating half-half, how would you rate Hong Kong?

	Frequency	Percentage
0	7	0.5%
1 - 2	19	1.4%
3 - 4	95	7.3%
5	280	21.6%
6 - 7	559	43.1%
8 - 9	298	23.0%
10	39	3.0%
Total	1,296	100.0%

Mean	6.4
Standard error	0.05
Median	7.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 204 "don't know / hard to say")	210

[Q28] If you were to use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate whether Hong Kong is an efficient society, with 10 indicating absolutely efficient, 0 indicating absolutely inefficient, 5 indicating half-half, how would you rate Hong Kong?

	Frequency	Percentage
0	8	0.7%
1 - 2	16	1.3%
3 - 4	74	5.9%
5	256	20.3%
6 - 7	484	38.4%
8 - 9	377	29.9%
10	45	3.5%
Total	1,259	100.0%

Mean	6.6
Standard error	0.05
Median	7.0

Base	1,506
Missing case(s) (including 240 "don't know / hard to say")	247

[Q29] Which of the following media is your major source of current news?

	Frequency	Percentage
Television	849	56.3%
Newspapers	456	30.3%
Radio	75	5.0%
Internet	52	3.4%
Magazines	9	0.6%
Friends	6	0.4%
Family members	5	0.3%
Others	2	0.2%
Don't know / hard to say	53	3.5%
Total	1,506	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	0

[Q30] Have you ever used any form of downloading service, such as the download of computer software, music files, games, ring tones, screen savers and cursors, via computer or mobile phone?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	546	36.4%
No	676	45.0%
Don't know what downloading service is	280	18.6%
Total	1,501	100.0%

Base	1,506
Missing case(s)	5

[Q31] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Do you download via computer, mobile phone or other media? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=618 responses from 545 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Computer (e.g. desktop computer, notebook computer, PDA)	514	83.3%	34.1%
Mobile phone	103	16.7%	6.8%
Total	618	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	1

[Q32] [Only for those who have never used downloading service] Why not? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=665 responses from 642 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Downloading service is not important	249	37.4%	16.5%
Downloading service is difficult to use	156	23.4%	10.4%
Do not use computer	48	7.2%	3.2%
No leisure time	20	2.9%	1.3%
Downloading service is expensive	18	2.8%	1.2%
No need to download	12	1.8%	0.8%
Others (please specify)	4	0.6%	0.3%
Don't know / hard to say	158	23.8%	10.5%
Total	665	100.0%

Base	676
Missing case(s)	34

[Q33] [Only for those who have never used downloading service] Would you consider using the downloading service(s) in foreseeable future?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	86	12.8%
No	509	75.5%
Don't know / hard to say	79	11.7%
Total	675	100.0%

Base	676
Missing case(s)	1

[Q34] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] What do you usually download? (If there is more than one, please base on the downloading service you use most often)

	Frequency	Percentage
Computer software	254	46.5%
Music files	126	23.2%
Ring tones	38	7.0%
Games	22	4.0%
Screen savers	13	2.5%
Cursors	1	0.1%
Others	83	15.2%
Don't know / hard to say / forgotten	8	1.5%
Total	545	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	1

[Q35] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] On average, how many times do you use the downloading service(s) per week? (exact number) (input "0" when the answer is less than one)

	Frequency	Percentage
0	121	24.7%
1	118	24.1%
2	87	17.7%
3	54	10.9%
4	16	3.3%
5	20	4.0%
6	8	1.6%
7	19	4.0%
8	1	0.3%
9	0	0.0%
10	15	3.0%
11 or above	32	6.4%
Total	491	100.0%

Mean	4.0
Standard error	0.47
Median	2.0

Base	546
Missing case(s) (including 51 "don't know / hard to say")	55

[Q36] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Do you need to pay for the downloading service(s) you are using?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	102	18.7%
Partly	32	5.9%
No	400	73.6%
Don't know / hard to say / forgotten	10	1.8%
Total	544	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	2

[Q37] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Do you think the charges for the existing downloading service are reasonable or not?

	Frequency	Percentage
Very reasonable	10	1.8%	)
Quite reasonable	202	37.2%	) 39.0%
Hal-half	93	17.2%
Quite unreasonable	96	17.7%	)
Very unreasonable	15	2.7%	) 20.4%
Don't know / hard to say	127	23.4%
Total	542	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	4

[Q38] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] If you need to pay for the downloading service, how much at most you are willing to pay for downloading a ring tone of mobile phone?

	Frequency	Percentage
$0.1 - $1.0	117	41.6%
$1.1 - $3.0	69	24.8%
$3.1 - $6.0	37	13.2%
$6.1 - $10.0	29	10.3%
Above $10.0	28	10.0%
Total	280	100.0%

Not willing to pay	224

Mean	8.9
Standard error	1.54
Median	2.0

Base	546
Missing case(s) (including 36 "don't know / hard to say")	42

[Q39] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Screen logo?

	Frequency	Percentage
$0.1 - $1.0	105	43.7%
$1.1 - $3.0	57	23.6%
$3.1 - $6.0	39	16.1%
$6.1 - $10.0	17	7.2%
Above $10.0	23	9.4%
Total	241	100.0%

Not willing to pay	251

Mean	7.5
Standard error	1.52
Median	2.0

Base	546
Missing case(s) (including 52 "don't know / hard to say")	54

[Q40] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Picture message?

	Frequency	Percentage
$0.1 - $1.0	108	44.7%
$1.1 - $3.0	59	24.4%
$3.1 - $6.0	30	12.6%
$6.1 - $10.0	23	9.4%
Above $10.0	22	9.0%
Total	242	100.0%

Not willing to pay	237

Mean	7.4
Standard error	1.51
Median	2.0

Base	546
Missing case(s) (including 65 "don't know / hard to say")	67

[Q41] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Games?

	Frequency	Percentage
$0.1 - $1.0	43	21.8%
$1.1 - $3.0	30	15.1%
$3.1 - $6.0	51	26.2%
$6.1 - $10.0	40	20.6%
Above $10.0	32	16.3%
Total	196	100.0%

Not willing to pay	266

Mean	12.7
Standard error	2.10
Median	5.0

Base	546
Missing case(s) (including 80 "don't know / hard to say")	84

[Q42] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] Are you currently a registered member of any website which provides downloading service(s)?

	Frequency	Percentage
Yes	150	27.5%
No	372	68.3%
Don't know / hard to say	23	4.1%
Total	545	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	1

[Q43] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] What factors would you consider when choosing the downloading service? (multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=863 responses from 543 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Service charge	233	27.0%	15.5%
Speed of downloading	155	17.9%	10.3%
Ease of use	131	15.2%	8.7%
Timeliness of updating materials	106	12.3%	7.0%
Speed of getting connected to the website	83	9.6%	5.5%
Others	119	13.8%	7.9%
Don't know / hard to say	36	4.2%	2.4%
Total	863	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	3

[Q44] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] How important do you think downloading service is to you?

	Frequency	Percentage
Very important	50	9.3%	)
Quite important	163	30.1%	) 39.4%
Hal-half	157	28.9%
Quite unimportant	149	27.5%	)
Very unimportant	9	1.6%	) 29.1%
Don't know / hard to say	14	2.6%
Total	543	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	3

[Q45] [Only for those who have ever used any form of downloading service] What downloading service do you think you will use in the coming 12 months? (Do not read out the answers, multiple responses allowed)

	Frequency	% of total responses(Base=732 responses from 542 respondents)	% of total sample (Base=1,506)
Will not download	16	2.2%	1.1%
Computer software	278	38.0%	18.5%
Music files	135	18.5%	9.0%
Ring tones	65	8.9%	4.3%
Games	39	5.4%	2.6%
Screen savers/cursors	35	4.8%	2.3%
Others	94	12.8%	6.2%
Don't know / hard to say	68	9.4%	4.5%
Total	732	100.0%

Base	546
Missing case(s)	4