Alliance for True Democracy sponsored Survey on Political Reform (first round)Back

Released on 6/11/2013 by Alliance for True Democracy; online from 6/11/2013

Research Background

Alliance for True Democracy commissioned the Public Opinion Programme at the University of Hong Kong to conduct this survey in October 2013 to gauge citizens’ opinions towards the Political Reform.

The research instrument used in this study was designed entirely by the POP Team after consulting the Alliance for True Democracy, 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.

Research team members

Research directors : CHUNG Ting-Yiu Robert and PANG Ka-Lai Karie

Project manager: :LEE Wai-kin Frank

Research Executive: LI Kin-wing Jasmine

Data Analyst : TAI Chit-Fai Edward

Contact Information

First round survey

Survey Date	:	10-16/10/2013
Survey Method	:	Telephone survey conducted by real telephone interviewers
Target Population	:	Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong citizens aged 18 or above
Sampling method	:	Telephone numbers were selected randomly from residential telephone directories and mixed with additional numbers generated by the computer. If more than one eligible subject had been available, the one who had her birthday next was selected.
Sample size	:	1,037 successful cases
Overall response rate	:	66.7%
Sampling error	:	less than 1.6% (i.e. +/-3.1% at 95% confidence level)

* In order to increase the representation of the results, the survey figures have been weighted according to provisional figures obtained from the Census and Statistics Department regarding the gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population in 2013 mid-year. Figures in the report are prevailed according to the “weighted” sample.

Composite results (Chinese only)

Frequency tables (Chinese only)

Demographic profile of respondents (Chinese only)