HKU POP releases the latest figures of the 2012 year-end and 2013 forecast survey

31/12/2012

Date of survey	28/9-5/10/12
Sample base	565-676
Overall response rate	66.3%
Finding/ Recognition rate	Finding and error ^*	Recognition rate
Lam Woon-kwong	55.9{1}+/-1.6	80.4%
Anna Wu	49.8{2}+/-2.1	79.2%
Arthur Li	49.3{3}+/-1.9	82.0%
Starry Lee	47.2{4}+/-2.2	74.0%
Fanny Law	46.2{5}+/-2.1	87.9%

* All error figures in the table are calculated at 95% confidence level. "95% confidence level", meaning that if we were to repeat a certain survey 100 times, using the same questions each time but with different random samples, we would expect 95 times getting a figure within the error margins specified. Media can state "sampling error of various ratings not more than +/-2.2 marks at 95% confidence level" when quoting the above figures. Numbers in square brackets { } indicates rankings. The error margin of previous survey can be found at the POP Site.

Satisfied with HK’s development in the year past
25%
8%

Expected better HK's development next year
30%
3%

Perceived housing to be the most important problem to be tackled by the government next year
41%
4%

Wished HK to become a corruption-free society
31%
4%

Abstract
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Our annual survey shows that compared to a year ago, the percentage of those dissatisfied with Hong Kong's development in the year past surges by 11 percentage points to 46%, while those satisfied drops significantly by 8 percentage points to 25%, giving a net satisfaction rate of negative 21 percentage points ...