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The research instrument used in this study was designed entirely by the POP Team after consulting the Radio Television Hong Kong, all fieldwork operations, data collection and analysis were carried out independently by POP, in other words, POP has full independence in the survey design and operation and would take full responsibility for all the findings reported herewith.

Survey question: Q1. To what extent do you support or oppose using civil nomination as one of the nomination methods
and for the 2017 Chief Executive election by universal suffrage?

Research team members

Research Directors:
Robert Ting-yiu Chung,
Karie Ka-lai Pang

Research Executive:
Frank Wai-kin Lee

Data Analysts:
Edward Chit-fai Tai, Kelvin Chung-ho Yu

Contact information

Date	:	10-12/3/2014
Survey method	:	Telephone survey conducted by real telephone interviewers
Target	:	Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or above
Sampling method	:	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. If more than one eligible subject had been available, the one who had his/her birthday next was selected. 1,009 successful cases
Sample size	:	1,009 successful cases
Overall response rate	:	68.5%
Sampling error	:	Standard error less than 2%, that is, sampling error of percentages not more than +/-3.0% at 95% confidence level

* In order to increase the representation of the results, the survey figures have been rim-weighted according to provisional figures obtained from the Census and Statistics Department regarding the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population in 2013 year-end and the educational attainment (highest level attended) distribution collected in the 2011 Census. Figures in the report are prevailed according to the “weighted” sample.

Frequency tables

Q1. To what extent do you support or oppose using civil nomination as one of the nomination methods for the 2017 Chief Executive election by universal suffrage?

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,009)
Very much support	} Support	275	} 539	27.3%	} 53.4%
Quite support		264		26.1%
Half-Half		144		14.3%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	106	} 199	10.5%	} 19.7%
Very much oppose		93		9.2%
Don’t know/hard to say		127		12.6%
Total		1,009		100.0%

Demographics

Sex

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,009)
Male	458	45.4%
Female	551	54.6%
Total	1,009	100.0%

Age

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,000)
18 - 39	367	36.7%
40 - 59	391	39.1%
60 or above	242	24.2%
Total	1,000	100.0%
Missing	9

Education attainment

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,006)
Primary or below	170	16.9%
Secondary school	463	46.0%
Tertiary or above	374	37.1%
Total	1,006	100.0%
Missing	3

Occupation

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=999)
Executives and professionals	248	24.8%
Clerical and service workers	174	17.4%
Production workers	90	9.0%
Students	103	10.3%
Housewives	174	17.4%
Others	210	21.0%
Total	999	100.0%
Missing	10

Social strata

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=960)
Self-claim “upper class”	264	27.5%
Self-claim “middle class”	330	34.3%
Self-claim “lower class”	366	38.2%
Total	960	100.0%
Missing	13
Don’t know/ hard to say	36

Download dataset: “Voices from the Hall – Should Citizens Support Civil Nomination?” public survey result