Nov 15，2021
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute Press Conference – Press Materials
Speakers:
Kim-Wah Chung – Deputy CEO, HKPORI
Adino Chung – Senior Social Worker
Edward Tai – Manager (Data Science), HKPORI
Robert Chung – President and CEO, HKPORI – On election survey planning
Detailed Findings
Special Announcements
The predecessor of Hong Kong Public Opinion Program (HKPOP) was The Public Opinion Programme at The University of Hong Kong (HKUPOP). “POP” in this release can refer to HKPOP or its predecessor HKUPOP.
To cope with the latest development of Hong Kong’s social environment, POP has launched two new regular tracking polls from October 2021, namely (1) Appraisal of Social Policies and (2) Social Well-being Indicators. The results of the first appraisal of social policies survey have been released earlier. Today POP releases the results of the social well-being indicators survey.
Abstract
POP successfully interviewed 1,004 Hong Kong residents by a random telephone survey conducted by real interviewers from late October to early November. Our survey shows that among the ten specific domains, people rated personal safety the highest. On a scale of 0 to 10, the rating stands at 6.06. Also, people tended to think that Hong Kong people can enjoy personal freedom and have opportunities for suitable employment, attaining a rating of 5.56 and 5.51 respectively. However, the rest of the social well-being indicators score lower than 5, representing people’s relative negative appraisals towards them. The ratings of the following five indicators range from 4.20 to 4.85, which means they tended to think Hong Kong people are not free from fear, disadvantaged groups are not adequately protected, children are not so happy in their childhood, judicial proceedings are not so fair and just, and that it is hard for Hong Kong people to “live in peace”. The last two indicators even score lower than 4, standing at 3.97 and 3.80 respectively, meaning they felt there are quite some worries in Hong Kong people’s lives, and quite some political rights are missing. The effective response rate of the survey is 50.1%. The maximum sampling error of ratings is +/-0.27 at 95% confidence level.
Contact Information
| Date of survey | : | 29/10-3/11/2021 |
| Survey method | : | Random telephone survey conducted by real interviewers |
| Target population | : | Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above |
| Sample size[1] | : | 1,004 (including 503 landline and 501 mobile samples) |
| Effective response rate | : | 50.1% |
| Sampling error[2] | : | Sampling error of ratings not more than +/-0.27 at 95% conf. level |
| Weighting method | : | Rim-weighted according to figures provided by the Census and Statistics Department. The gender-age distribution of the Hong Kong population came from “Mid-year population for 2020”, while the educational attainment (highest level attended) distribution and economic activity status distribution came from “Women and Men in Hong Kong – Key Statistics (2020 Edition)”. |
[1] This figure is the total sample size of the survey. Some questions may only involve a subsample, the size of which can be found in the tables below.
[2] All error figures in this release are calculated at 95% confidence level. “95% confidence level” means that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times with different random samples, we would expect 95 times having the population parameter within the respective error margins calculated. Because of sampling errors, when quoting percentages, journalists should refrain from reporting decimal places, whereas one decimal place can be used when quoting rating figures.
Latest Figures
The latest figures of the ten social well-being indicators are summarized as follows:
| Date of survey | 29/10-3/11/21 |
| Sample size | 596-609 |
| Response rate | 50.1% |
| Latest findings | Finding & error |
| Personal safety | 6.06+/-0.24 |
| Personal freedom | 5.56+/-0.24 |
| Opportunities for suitable employment | 5.51+/-0.18 |
| Freedom from fear | 4.85+/-0.26 |
| Protection of disadvantaged groups | 4.78+/-0.22 |
| Happiness of children | 4.76+/-0.21 |
| Fairness and justice in judicial proceedings | 4.53+/-0.25 |
| Housing well-being (“living in peace”) | 4.20+/-0.22 |
| Living without worries | 3.97+/-0.22 |
| Political rights | 3.80+/-0.27 |
Our social well-being survey shows that, among the ten specific domains, people rated personal safety the highest. On a scale of 0 to 10, the rating stands at 6.06. Also, people tended to think that Hong Kong people can enjoy personal freedom and have opportunities for suitable employment, attaining a rating of 5.56 and 5.51 respectively. However, the rest of the social well-being indicators score lower than 5, representing people’s relative negative appraisals towards them. The ratings of the following five indicators range from 4.20 to 4.85, which means they tended to think Hong Kong people are not free from fear, disadvantaged groups are not adequately protected, children are not so happy in their childhood, judicial proceedings are not so fair and just, and that it is hard for Hong Kong people to “live in peace”. The last two indicators even score lower than 4, standing at 3.97 and 3.80 respectively, meaning they felt there are quite some worries in Hong Kong people’s lives, and quite some political rights are missing.