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Surveys on the Budget are mainly telephone surveys, including landline samples and mobile samples, conducted by interviewers under close supervision. For instant polls, panel samples randomly sampled in advance are also interviewed through online survey.

Target population is Cantonese speaking Hong Kong citizens of age 18 or above.

Telephone numbers are randomly generated using known prefixes assigned to telecommunication services providers under the Numbering Plan provided by the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA). Invalid numbers are then eliminated according to computer and manual dialing records to produce the final sample.

For landline samples, upon successful contact with a target household, one eligible member of the household is selected among those present using the "next birthday" rule.

For the weighting method, all figures have been rim-weighted according to figures provided by the Census and Statistics Department. The gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population came from “Mid-year population for 2017”, while the educational attainment (highest level attended) distribution and economic activity status distribution came from “Women and Men in Hong Kong - Key Statistics (2018 Edition)”.

All Survey on People's Recent Opinion to the Budget conducted by the POP Team are telephone surveys conducted by interviewers under close supervision.

Target population is Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong of age 18 or above.

Telephone numbers are randomly generated using known prefixes assigned to telecommunication services providers under the Numbering Plan provided by the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA). Invalid numbers are then eliminated according to computer and manual dialing records to produce the final sample.

Upon successful contact with a target household, one member of the household is selected among those present using the "next birthday" rule.

In 2014, POP enhanced the simple weighting method developed in 2003 based on age and gender distribution, to become "rim weighting" based on age, gender and education (highest level attended) distribution. Figures for the surveys conducted between 1997 and 2001 are raw figures unless otherwise stated.