Cross-tabulationsBack

Notes for deciphering the in-depth analyses:

The cross-tabulations listed below only include the items which are tested to be statistically significant at p=0.05 level.
The demographic variable called "knowledge level" refers to the respondents' knowledge level to the COIAO based on the results of the first three questions of the survey questionnaire. Those who gave at least two correct answers were categorized as "more knowledgeable"; those who gave only one correct answer were categorized as "fairly knowledgeable"; and those who failed to give any correct answer (including those opted for "don't know/hard to say" for all three questions) were categorized as "less knowledgeable". The first three questions of the survey questionnaire were:
- [Q1] As far as you know, those articles classified as "obscene" can be published or sold to which of the following groups of persons to view? Can be published or sold to persons of age 18 or above only, are prohibited from publication to all ages (correct answer), or can be published or sold to all ages?
- [Q2] As far as you know, those articles classified as "indecent" can be published or sold to which of the following groups of persons to view? Can be published or sold to persons of age 18 or above only (correct answer), cannot be published or sold to any person, or can be published or sold to all ages?
- [Q3] As far as you know, which of the following is/are subject to regulation by the COIAO? Films for public exhibition, television and radio broadcast? Films for public exhibition, television broadcast, and radio broadcast? (Correct answer: none of the above)
It is recommended that this in-depth analysis section should be regarded as supplementary information to the research findings, but not as the sole reference for making important policy decisions.

Index of the cross-tabulation findings of demographic variables with opinion questions

Question	Demographic variables	Probability	Significant difference at p=0.05 level	Significant difference at p=0.01 level
[Q4]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q4]	Age	0.007	*	**
[Q4]	Education attainment	0.004	*	**
[Q4]	Occupation	0.002	*	**
[Q4]	Knowledge level	0.096

[Q5]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q5]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q5]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q5]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q5]	Knowledge level	0.000	*	**


[Q6]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q6]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q6]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q6]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q6]	Knowledge level	0.163

[Q7]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q7]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q7]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q7]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q7]	Knowledge level	0.001	*	**

[Q8]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q8]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q8]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q8]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q8]	Knowledge level	0.223

[Q9]	Gender	0.080
[Q9]	Age	0.004	*	**
[Q9]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q9]	Occupation	0.040	*
[Q9]	Knowledge level	0.311

[Q10]	Gender	0.202
[Q10]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q10]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q10]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q10]	Knowledge level	0.538

[Q11]	Gender	0.003	*	**
[Q11]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q11]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q11]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q11]	Knowledge level	0.404
[Q12]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q12]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q12]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q12]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q12]	Knowledge level	0.002	*	**

[Q13]	Gender	0.026	*
[Q13]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q13]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q13]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q13]	Knowledge level	0.057

[Q14]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q14]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q14]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q14]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q14]	Knowledge level	0.100

[Q15]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q15]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q15]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q15]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q15]	Knowledge level	0.278

[Q16]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q16]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q16]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q16]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q16]	Knowledge level	0.367

[Q19]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q19]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q19]	Education attainment	0.658
[Q19]	Occupation	0.004	*	**
[Q19]	Knowledge level	0.167

[Q20]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q20]	Age	0.059
[Q20]	Education attainment	0.009	*	**
[Q20]	Occupation	0.134
[Q20]	Knowledge level	0.065

[Q21]	Gender	0.198
[Q21]	Age	0.000	*	**
[Q21]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q21]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q21]	Knowledge level	0.000	*	**

[Q23]	Gender	0.000	*	**
[Q23]	Age	0.002	*	**
[Q23]	Education attainment	0.000	*	**
[Q23]	Occupation	0.000	*	**
[Q23]	Knowledge level	0.022	*

Index of the cross-tabulation findings of opinion questions with opinion questions

Question	Question	Probability	Significant difference at p=0.05 level	Significant difference at p=0.01 level
[Q10]	[Q9]	0.013	*
[Q11]	[Q9]	0.000	*	**
[Q12]	[Q9]	0.005	*	**
[Q13]	[Q9]	0.077
[Q14]	[Q9]	0.100
[Q15]	[Q9]	0.000	*	**
[Q16]	[Q18]	0.000	*	**
[Q20]	[Q19]	0.000	*	**

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 1 [Q4] Do you think there is a need to regulate all published articles by law in Hong Kong?
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Yes	78%	85%	81%	79%	86%	87%	83%	77%	79%	79%	81%	87%
No	22%	15%	19%	21%	14%	13%	17%	23%	21%	21%	19%	13%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	693	799	374	592	501	223	802	457	630	152	155	537

Note: Since at least one cell in one of the cross-tabulations has expected cell counts less than 5, which may affect the Chi-square results, the "don't know/hard to say" respondents were excluded. This summary table shows the analyzed results with the "don't know/hard to say" respondents excluded.

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 2 [Q5] Which of the following photographs or pictures related to sex do you think is/are not suitable for persons below 18 years old to view? (multiple answers allowed)
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
With description of other types of sex, such as bestiality, necrophilia, etc.	97%	98%	97%	97%	98%	99%	97%	96%
With description of sexual intercourse, revealing the contact of male and female genitals	90%	95%	92%	91%	96%	98%	92%	91%
With male(s) and female(s) revealing their genitals	77%	88%	81%	80%	89%	92%	83%	79%
With female revealing her breast(s)	58%	73%	69%	61%	69%	78%	65%	62%
All of the above are suitable for persons below 18 years old to view	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	0%	2%	3%
Base	686	767	362	583	482	208	786	449

Summary table of cross-tabulations 2 (Contd.) [Q5] Which of the following photographs or pictures related to sex do you think is/are not suitable for persons below 18 years old to view? (multiple answers allowed)
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
With description of other types of sex, such as bestiality, necrophilia, etc.	97%	97%	98%	97%	95%	97%	99%
With description of sexual intercourse, revealing the contact of male and female genitals	91%	90%	92%	96%	89%	93%	96%
With male(s) and female(s) revealing their genitals	80%	76%	81%	90%	80%	83%	87%
With female revealing her breast(s)	62%	55%	70%	72%	61%	65%	73%
All of the above are suitable for persons below 18 years old to view	2%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	<1%
Base	622	149	149	517	212	975	265

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 3 [Q6] Which of the following photographs or pictures related to violence do you think is/are not suitable for persons below 18 years old to view? (Multiple answers allowed)
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's head separated from body	84%	87%	84%	86%	86%	86%	86%	84%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's internal organs being exposed	79%	85%	81%	82%	83%	86%	82%	80%
Photographs/pictures with large space in displaying blood coming out from human body	55%	70%	57%	63%	69%	71%	64%	59%
Photographs/pictures displaying many bruises on a human body	29%	37%	24%	29%	46%	52%	33%	25%
All of the above are suitable for persons below 18 years old	8%	4%	6%	6%	5%	4%	5%	7%
Don't know (DK)/Hard to say (HS)/no comments	1%	1%	<1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	<1%
Base	688	770	365	587	478	209	789	449

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 3 (Contd.) [Q6] Which of the following photographs or pictures related to violence do you think is/are not suitable for persons below 18 years old to view? (Multiple answers allowed)
	Occupation
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's head separated from body	86%	84%	83%	86%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's internal organs being exposed	84%	73%	78%	84%
Photographs/pictures with large space in displaying blood coming out from human body	64%	53%	50%	70%
Photographs/pictures displaying many bruises on a human body	28%	38%	17%	42%
All of the above are suitable for persons below 18 years old	6%	9%	6%	5%
Don't know (DK)/Hard to say (HS)/no comments	1%	1%	0%	1%
Base	624	150	151	516

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 4 [Q7] Which of the above mentioned photographs or pictures do you think should be prohibited from publication to all ages? (Multiple answers allowed)
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
With description of other types of sex, such as bestiality, necrophilia, etc.	60%	67%	55%	67%	66%	65%	65%	59%
With description of sexual intercourse, revealing the contact of male and female genitals	40%	57%	35%	50%	58%	62%	50%	41%
With male(s) and female(s) revealing their genitals	31%	48%	28%	39%	49%	56%	40%	32%
With female revealing her breast(s)	19%	31%	21%	24%	31%	38%	26%	20%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's head separated from body	44%	50%	41%	46%	54%	58%	49%	38%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's internal organs being exposed	42%	49%	40%	44%	53%	56%	47%	39%
Photographs/pictures with large space in displaying blood coming out from human body	23%	30%	16%	27%	35%	40%	27%	20%
Photographs/pictures displaying many bruises on a human body	13%	17%	8%	12%	24%	30%	15%	8%
All of the above should not be prohibited from publication to all ages	28%	22%	31%	23%	22%	21%	22%	30%
Don't know (DK)/Hard to say (HS)/no comments	2%	3%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%
Base	687	768	365	583	480	209	787	449

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 4 (Contd.) [Q7] Which of the above mentioned photographs or pictures do you think should be prohibited from publication to all ages? (Multiple answers allowed)
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
With description of other types of sex, such as bestiality, necrophilia, etc.	60%	61%	60%	69%	61%	62%	73%
With description of sexual intercourse, revealing the contact of male and female genitals	43%	41%	36%	62%	48%	48%	54%
With male(s) and female(s) revealing their genitals	33%	34%	31%	53%	39%	39%	46%
With female revealing her breast(s)	22%	21%	23%	33%	23%	26%	29%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's head separated from body	43%	43%	38%	55%	44%	46%	51%
Photographs/pictures displaying a human's internal organs being exposed	44%	38%	40%	53%	45%	45%	51%
Photographs/pictures with large space in displaying blood coming out from human body	22%	25%	13%	37%	13%	15%	19%
Photographs/pictures displaying many bruises on a human body	9%	16%	9%	24%	25%	26%	31%
All of the above should not be prohibited from publication to all ages	28%	27%	26%	20%	25%	27%	17%
Don't know (DK)/Hard to say (HS)/no comments	2%	3%	2%	4%	2%	2%	3%
Base	622	150	151	515	214	975	266

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 5 [Q8] Have you ever heard of the Obscene Articles Tribunal (OAT)?
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Yes	94%	88%	93%	96%	84%	77%	92%	96%	96%	94%	90%	84%
No	6%	12%	7%	4%	16%	23%	8%	4%	4%	6%	10%	16%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	713	816	375	605	520	235	822	460	641	157	156	555

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 6 [Q9] (Only ask respondents who had heard of OAT) How good or bad do you think the OAT has done its work?
	Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Good	11%	8%	8%	8%	10%	7%	8%	9%	11%	9%
Half-half/ average	52%	47%	43%	41%	48%	48%	48%	50%	53%	43%
Poor	28%	36%	35%	32%	31%	37%	36%	31%	29%	33%
DK/HS	9%	9%	15%	19%	11%	7%	8%	11%	7%	15%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	348	580	436	179	755	444	616	145	141	468

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 7 [Q10] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (i) Expanding the existing panel of adjudicators from 300 to 500 individuals
	Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Support	53%	43%	34%	29%	44%	48%	47%	33%	56%	36%
Half-half/ average	20%	19%	17%	18%	19%	19%	16%	22%	21%	20%
Object	23%	32%	36%	35%	32%	28%	30%	40%	22%	33%
DK/HS	4%	6%	12%	18%	6%	5%	7%	5%	1%	11%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	377	605	520	235	822	462	643	157	157	555

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 8 [Q11] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (ii) Drawing adjudicators from the list of jurors (a pool of 570,000 jurors) instead of the list of adjudicators (a pool of 300 adjudicators) for each tribunal hearing
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Support	62%	55%	65%	60%	52%	46%	61%	61%	63%	61%	65%	51%
Half-half/ average	11%	13%	12%	11%	14%	13%	13%	10%	10%	9%	12%	16%
Object	21%	21%	21%	22%	20%	22%	18%	26%	23%	23%	22%	18%
DK/HS	6%	10%	2%	6%	15%	19%	8%	3%	5%	7%	1%	14%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	711	812	375	604	517	233	819	461	639	157	157	553

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 9 [Q12] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (iii) Prescribing in the legislation that each tribunal hearing should consist of adjudicators from specified sectors, e.g. education, social welfare, etc.
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
Support	74%	79%	80%	80%	71%	65%	80%	77%
Half-half/ average	9%	8%	9%	7%	9%	9%	8%	8%
Object	14%	8%	10%	10%	11%	11%	8%	14%
DK/HS	3%	6%	1%	2%	9%	15%	3%	1%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	713	815	377	606	517	233	822	462

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 9 (Contd.) [Q12] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (iii) Prescribing in the legislation that each tribunal hearing should consist of adjudicators from specified sectors, e.g. education, social welfare, etc.
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
Support	77%	76%	86%	74%	66%	79%	77%
Half-half/ average	8%	5%	8%	9%	9%	8%	8%
Object	13%	12%	6%	8%	17%	9%	11%
DK/HS	2%	6%	1%	8%	7%	4%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	643	157	157	552	230	1,025	273

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 10 [Q13] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (iv) Increasing the number of adjudicators in each hearing, i.e. from 2 to 4 persons for interim hearings and from 4 to 6 persons for full hearings
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
Support	79%	77%	82%	84%	69%	62%	81%	80%
Half-half/ average	9%	11%	12%	7%	12%	13%	10%	9%
Object	8%	6%	5%	7%	9%	11%	6%	8%
DK/HS	3%	6%	1%	2%	10%	14%	3%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	710	817	376	606	517	234	821	460

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 10 (Contd.) [Q13] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (iv) Increasing the number of adjudicators in each hearing, i.e. from 2 to 4 persons for interim hearings and from 4 to 6 persons for full hearings
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
Support	82%	84%	83%	71%	70%	79%	79%
Half-half/ average	8%	7%	14%	12%	13%	10%	11%
Object	8%	5%	2%	8%	9%	7%	8%
DK/HS	2%	3%	<1%	9%	8%	4%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	639	155	157	555	230	1,025	272

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 11 [Q14] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (v) Establishing an independent classification board for making interim classifications on articles, while the existing OAT will remain as a judicial body to consider appeals against the classification decisions of the board
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Support	64%	62%	62%	65%	62%	56%	66%	62%	66%	64%	59%	61%
Half-half/ average	11%	13%	16%	10%	13%	12%	13%	12%	11%	10%	16%	14%
Object	20%	15%	20%	20%	12%	9%	16%	23%	21%	19%	24%	11%
DK/HS	5%	10%	2%	5%	14%	23%	5%	4%	3%	7%	1%	14%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	712	810	375	605	515	233	818	460	640	157	156	550

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 12 [Q15] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (vi) Abolishing the OAT and having the articles classified by a magistrate
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Support	41%	39%	32%	43%	42%	45%	43%	31%	36%	56%	30%	41%
Half-half/ average	12%	14%	14%	11%	14%	15%	13%	11%	11%	10%	14%	15%
Object	44%	38%	50%	42%	32%	21%	39%	53%	49%	29%	53%	32%
DK/HS	3%	10%	4%	4%	12%	19%	5%	5%	4%	5%	3%	12%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	711	812	376	605	515	233	817	462	640	157	157	550

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 13 [Q16] Do you wish the government regulation of the obscene and indecent articles on the Internet to be stricter or more lenient than it is now?
	Gender		Age			Education attainment			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
More severe than now	61%	88%	70%	76%	79%	81%	79%	67%	70%	73%	70%	84%
The current regulation is appropriate	20%	7%	20%	14%	8%	4%	13%	18%	17%	17%	20%	6%
More lenient than now	14%	2%	7%	8%	7%	6%	5%	13%	10%	8%	7%	5%
DK/HS	4%	3%	3%	2%	6%	8%	3%	2%	3%	3%	3%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	710	816	376	605	518	234	822	459	641	157	157	554

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 14 [Q19] (Excluding non-Internet users) How much are you concerned about the online publication of articles deemed unsuitable for persons below 18 years old to view by the law?
	Gender		Age			Occupation
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others
Concerned	41%	55%	43%	55%	42%	48%	44%	41%	58%
Half-half/ average	28%	22%	32%	22%	19%	26%	21%	33%	18%
Not concerned	30%	23%	25%	23%	39%	26%	35%	26%	24%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	524	552	366	522	169	592	88	155	225

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 15 [Q20] (Excluding non-Internet users) Do you have the habit of using computer filtering software?
	Gender		Education attainment
	Male	Female	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
Yes	17%	28%	20%	26%	18%
No	83%	72%	80%	74%	82%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	525	547	33	592	439

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 16 [Q21] Do you think the current classification standard set by the OAT, i.e. articles that are neither obscene nor indecent and suitable for all persons as Category I; articles that are indecent and unsuitable for persons of age below 18 as Category II; articles that are obscene and unsuitable for persons of all ages as Category III, is appropriate or not?
	Age			Education attainment
	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
Appropriate	62%	63%	57%	49%	65%	59%
Half-half/ average	14%	13%	14%	15%	14%	13%
Inappropriate	22%	21%	19%	22%	18%	25%
DK/HS	2%	3%	10%	14%	3%	4%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	377	606	519	234	822	462

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 16 (Cond.) [Q21] Do you think the current classification standard used by the OAT, i.e. articles that are neither obscene nor indecent and suitable for all persons as Class I; articles that are indecent and unsuitable for persons of age below 18 as Class II; articles that are obscene and unsuitable for persons of all ages as Class III, is appropriate or not?
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
Appropriate	61%	64%	67%	57%	49%	61%	66%
Half-half/ average	14%	13%	10%	15%	12%	14%	12%
Inappropriate	23%	20%	21%	19%	31%	20%	17%
DK/HS	3%	3%	2%	9%	8%	4%	5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	643	157	157	554	230	1,026	273

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 17 [Q23] Overall speaking, do you wish that the penalties for breaching the COIAO should be more severe or more lenient than now?
	Gender		Age			Education attainment
	Male	Female	15-30	31-50	51 or above	Primary or below	Secondary	Tertiary or above
More severe than now	64%	83%	72%	75%	78%	81%	78%	66%
The current regulation is appropriate	20%	11%	19%	17%	11%	8%	14%	22%
More lenient than now	11%	3%	8%	7%	6%	5%	6%	9%
DK/HS	4%	3%	2%	2%	5%	5%	3%	3%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	712	816	376	605	520	235	821	460

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 17 (Cond.) [Q23] Overall speaking, do you wish that the penalties for breaching the COIAO should be more severe or more lenient than now?
	Occupation				Knowledge level
	White collars	Blue collars	Students	Others	Less knowledge-able	Fairly knowledge- able	More knowledge-able
More severe than now	70%	74%	71%	81%	69%	75%	78%
The current regulation is appropriate	18%	13%	20%	11%	18%	15%	13%
More lenient than now	9%	10%	7%	3%	6%	7%	7%
DK/HS	3%	3%	2%	4%	7%	3%	2%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	642	156	157	555	230	1,027	271

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 18 [Q10] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (i) Expanding the existing panel of adjudicators from 300 to 500 individuals with [Q9] (Only ask respondents who had heard of OAT) How good or bad do you think the OAT has done its work?
	[Q9]
[Q10]	Good	Half-half/ average	Poor
Support	52%	47%	47%
Half-half/neutral	13%	23%	16%
Object	35%	30%	37%
Total	100%	100%	100%
Base	116	619	437

Note: Since at least one cell in one of the cross-tabulations with the two questions have expected cell counts less than 5, which may affect the Chi-square results, the "don't know/hard to say" respondents in both the questions were excluded. This summary table shows the analyses results with the "don't know/hard to say" respondents excluded.

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 19 [Q11] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (ii) Drawing adjudicators from the list of jurors (a pool of 570,000 jurors) instead of the list of adjudicators (a pool of 300 adjudicators) for each tribunal hearing with [Q9] (Only ask respondents who had heard of OAT) How good or bad do you think the OAT has done its work?
	[Q9]
[Q11]	Good	Half-half/ average	Poor
Support	56%	61%	73%
Half-half/neutral	9%	16%	9%
Object	35%	23%	18%
Total	100%	100%	100%
Base	117	613	437

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 20 [Q12] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (iii) Prescribing in the legislation that each tribunal hearing should consist of adjudicators from specified sectors, e.g. education, social welfare, etc. with [Q9] (Only ask respondents who had heard of OAT) How good or bad do you think the OAT has done its work?
	[Q9]
[Q12]	Good	Half-half/ average	Poor
Support	89%	81%	77%
Half-half/neutral	3%	9%	8%
Object	8%	9%	15%
Total	100%	100%	100%
Base	118	640	448

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 21 [Q15] How much do you support or object to these proposals? (vi) Abolishing the OAT and having the articles classified by a magistrate with [Q9] (Only ask respondents who had heard of OAT) How good or bad do you think the OAT has done its work?
	[Q9]
[Q15]	Good	Half-half/ average	Poor
Support	34%	40%	48%
Half-half/neutral	6%	16%	12%
Object	60%	45%	40%
Total	100%	100%	100%
Base	117	622	446

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 22 [Q16] Do you wish the government regulation of the obscene and indecent articles on the Internet to be stricter or more lenient than it is now? with [Q18] How many hours on average do you spend on using the Internet a week?
	[Q18]
[Q16]	14 hours or less	15-28 hours	29-42 hours	43-56 hours	57-70 hours	71 hours or more
More severe than now	79%	69%	68%	68%	48%	49%
The current regulation is appropriate	12%	23%	18%	14%	32%	28%
More lenient than now	8%	7%	14%	18%	20%	22%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Base	625	210	122	36	33	13

Summary Table of Cross-tabulations 23 [Q20] (Excluding non-Internet users) Do you have the habit of using computer filtering software? with [Q19] (Excluding non-Internet users) How much are you concerned about the online publication of articles deemed unsuitable for persons below 18 years old to view by the law?
	[Q19]
[Q20]	Concerned	Half-half/ average	Not concerned
Yes	29%	18%	13%
No	71%	82%	87%
Total	100%	100%	100%
Base	511	266	277