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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 questions:

Q1. Taking the overall society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong citizens should support or oppose the decisions of the National People’s Congress on the universal suffrage of Chief Executive?
Q2. In your personal opinion, to what extent do you support or oppose the decisions of the National People’s Congress on the universal suffrage of Chief Executive?

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	:	19-24/9/2014
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.
Sample size	:	1,011 successful cases
Overall response rate	:	65.8%
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 2014 mid-year 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

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,009)
Very much support	} Support	128	} 350	12.7%	} 34.6%
Quite support		221		21.9%
Half-Half		107		10.6%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	166	} 445	16.4%	} 44.1%
Very much oppose		279		27.6%
Don’t know/hard to say		108		10.7%
Total		1,009		100.0%

Q2. In your personal opinion, to what extent do you support or oppose the decisions of the National People’s Congress on the universal suffrage of Chief Executive? (Interviewer probe intensity)

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,011)
Very much support	} Support	120	} 302	11.8%	} 29.9%
Quite support		183		18.1%
Half-half		126		12.5%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	184	} 475	18.2%	} 47.0%
Very much oppose		291		28.8%
Don’t know/hard to say		108		10.7%
Total		1,011		100.0%

Demographics

Sex

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,011)
Male	458	45.3%
Female	553	54.7%
Total	1,011	100.0%

Age

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,005)
18 - 39	366	36.4%
40 - 59	392	39.0%
60 or above	248	24.6%
Total	1,005	100.0%
Missing	6

Education attainment

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,007)
Primary or below	148	14.7%
Secondary school	494	49.1%
Tertiary or above	365	36.2%
Total	1,007	100.0%
Missing	4

Occupation

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,000)
Executives and professionals	257	25.7%
Clerical & service workers	184	18.4%
Production workers	85	8.5%
Students	77	7.7%
Housewives	142	14.2%
Others	255	25.5%
Total	1,000	100.0%
Missing	11

Social strata

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=972)
Self-claim “upper class”	228	23.5%
Self-claim “middle class”	321	33.0%
Self-claim “lower class”	423	43.5%
Total	972	100.0%
Missing	13
Don’t know/ Hard to say	26