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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. In your personal opinion, to what extent do you support or oppose passing the political reform proposal by LegCo?
Q2. Taking the overall society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong citizens should support or oppose passing the political reform proposal by LegCo?

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, Johnny Chi-chiu Yiu, Alex Ka-wai Huang

Contact information

Date	:	19-21/1/2015
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	:	1,020 successful cases
Overall response rate	:	65.0%
Sampling error	:	Standard error less than 2%, that is, sampling error of percentages not more than +/-3.0% at 95% confidence leve

*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

Q1Taking the overall society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong citizens should support or oppose passing the political reform proposal by LegCo?

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,020)
Very much support	} Support	202	} 438	19.8%	} 43.0%
Quite support		236		23.2%
Half-Half		133		13.0%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	163	} 326	15.9%	} 31.9%
Very much oppose		163		16.0%
Don’t know/hard to say		124		12.1%
Total		1,020		100.0%

Q2. In your personal opinion, to what extent do you support or oppose passing the political reform proposal by LegCo? (Interviewer probe intensity)

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,019)
Very much support	} Support	181	} 404	17.7%	} 39.7%
Quite support		224		21.9%
Half-half		145		14.2%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	158	} 365	15.5%	} 35.8%
Very much oppose		207		20.3%
Don’t know/Hard to say		105		10.3%
Total		1,019		100.0%

Demographics

Sex

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,020)
Male	462	45.3%
Female	558	54.7%
Total	1,020	100.0%

Age

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,013)
18 - 39	368	36.4%
40 - 59	395	39.0%
60 or above	249	24.6%
Total	1,013	100.0%
Missing	7

Education attainment

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,017)
Primary or below	119	11.7%
Secondary school	486	47.7%
Tertiary or above	412	40.5%
Total	1,017	100.0%
Missing	3

Occupation

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,008)
Executives and professionals	272	27.0%
Clerical & service workers	198	19.7%
Production workers	65	6.5%
Students	96	9.5%
Housewives	154	15.3%
Others	222	22.0%
Total	1008	100.0%
Missing	12

Social strata

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,012)
Self-claim “upper class”	232	22.9%
Self-claim “middle class”	326	32.2%
Self-claim “lower class”	430	42.4%
Total	1012	100.0%
Missing	8