Table 3.
Students’ views on regional cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland China before the intervention (pre-test) and after the intervention (post-test) among the intervention group and control group.
| Variables | Students’ views | Intervention group (n = 44) | Control group (n = 37) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-test n (%) | Post-test n (%) | p | Pre-test n (%) | Post-test n (%) | p | ||
| A1 | Strongly disagree | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.371 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.739 |
| Disagree | 2 (4.5) | 5 (11.4) | 4 (10.8) | 1 (2.7) | |||
| Agree | 37 (84.1) | 27 (61.4) | 27 (73) | 32 (86.5) | |||
| Strongly agree | 5 (11.4) | 12 (27.3) | 6 (16.2) | 4 (10.8) | |||
| A2 | Strongly disagree | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 0.796 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.234 |
| Disagree | 8 (18.2) | 7 (15.9) | 4 (10.8) | 3 (8.1) | |||
| Agree | 29 (65.9) | 33 (75) | 26 (70.3) | 33 (89.2) | |||
| Strongly agree | 6 (13.6) | 4 (9.1) | 7 (18.9) | 1 (2.7) | |||
| A3 | Strongly disagree | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 0.361 | 1 (2.7) | 1 (2.7) | 0.706 |
| Disagree | 9 (20.5) | 4 (9.1) | 9 (24.3) | 10 (27) | |||
| Agree | 26 (59.1) | 35 (79.5) | 24 (64.9) | 23 (62.2) | |||
| Strongly agree | 8 (18.2) | 5 (11.4) | 3 (8.1) | 3 (8.1) | |||
| A4 | Strongly disagree | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.251 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.031 |
| Disagree | 2 (4.5) | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (5.4) | |||
| Agree | 22 (50) | 29 (65.9) | 20 (54.1) | 25 (67.6) | |||
| Strongly agree | 20 (45.5) | 14 (31.8) | 17 (45.9) | 10 (27) | |||
| A5 | Strongly disagree | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.706 |
| Disagree | 13 (29.5) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (5.4) | 2 (5.4) | |||
| Agree | 30 (68.2) | 35 (79.5) | 33 (89.2) | 32 (86.5) | |||
| Strongly agree | 0 (0) | 8 (18.2) | 2 (5.4) | 3 (8.1) | |||
| A6 | Strongly disagree | 5 (11.4) | 2 (4.5) | 0.211 | 1 (2.7) | 0 (0) | 0.617 |
| Disagree | 9 (20.5) | 10 (22.7) | 12 (32.4) | 9 (24.3) | |||
| Agree | 23 (52.3) | 24 (54.5) | 20 (54.1) | 27 (73) | |||
| Strongly agree | 7 (15.9) | 8 (18.2) | 4 (10.8) | 1 (2.7) | |||
Numbers with the percentages of students are presented for each ordinal variable in the pre-test and post-test. A value of p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance. The columns labelled ‘p’ denote the p values for the testing of within-group differences between the pre-test stage and the post-test stage using Wilcoxon signed rank sum test.