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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

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Q1 Taking the overall society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong citizens should support passing the political reform proposal by LegCo?
Q2 In your personal opinion, to what extent do you support or oppose passing the political reform proposal by LegCo?

Research team members

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

Research Manager:
Frank Wai-kin Lee

Data Analysts:
Edward Chit-fai Tai, Alex Ka-wai Huang,
Alan Chi-phone Yum

Contact information

Date	:	8-9/6/2015
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	:	1,004 successful cases
Overall response rate	:	65.5%
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 2014 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 Taking the overall society into consideration, do you think Hong Kong citizens should support passing the political reform proposal by LegCo? (Interviewer probe intensity)

		Frequency		Percentage (Base=1,006)
Very much support	} Support	308	} 505	30.7%	} 50.3%
Quite support		197		19.6%
Half-Half		100		10.0%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	130	} 330	12.9%	} 32.9%
Very much oppose		200		20.0%
Don’t know/hard to say		69		6.8%
Total		1,004		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=1,006)
Very much support	} Support	292	} 488	29.0%	} 48.6%
Quite support		196		19.5%
Half-Half		87		8.7%
Quite oppose	} Oppose	148	} 390	14.7%	} 38.9%
Very much oppose		242		24.1%
Don’t know/hard to say		39		3.9%
Total		1,004		100.0%

Demographics

Sex

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=1,004)
Male	454	45.3%
Female	550	54.7%
Total	1,004	100.0%

Age

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=997)
18 - 39	361	36.2%
40 - 59	386	38.8%
60 or above	250	25.0%
Total	997	100.0%
Missing	7

Education attainment

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=998)
Primary or below	138	13.9%
Secondary school	493	49.4%
Tertiary or above	367	36.7%
Total	998	100.0%
Missing	6

Occupation

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=989)
Professionals and semi-professionals	224	24.7%
Clerk and service workers	200	20.2%
Production workers	88	8.9%
Students	75	7.6%
Housewives	142	14.4%
Others	240	24.2%
Total	989	100.0%
Missing	15

Social strata

	Frequency	Percentage (Base=994)
Self-claim “upper class”	248	25.0%
Self-claim “middle class”	315	31.7%
Self-claim “lower class”	407	40.9%
Total	994	100.0%
Missing	10
Don’t know/hard to say	24