Essential Report

Women’s sport

Jul 7, 2015

Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	Total agree	Total disagree	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don’t know	Total agree men	Total agree women
In general, women’s sports are just as exciting as men’s	61%	28%	17%	44%	21%	7%	10%	55%	68%
The media does not pay enough attention to women’s sports	68%	20%	27%	41%	16%	4%	12%	62%	75%
In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports	42%	43%	7%	35%	30%	13%	15%	40%	43%
Most women aren’t interested in playing or watching sports	27%	60%	4%	23%	40%	20%	13%	30%	24%
Women athletes are great role models for girls	84%	7%	36%	48%	4%	3%	9%	78%	90%
In general, compared to men, sportswomen are underpaid and the financial rewards inadequate	72%	13%	34%	38%	9%	4%	16%	65%	78%

A substantial proportion of respondents agreed that “Women athletes are great role models for girls” (84%), “In general, compared to men, sportswomen are underpaid and the financial rewards inadequate” (72%) and “The media does not pay enough attention to women’s sports” (68%). A majority also agreed “In general, women’s sports are just as exciting as men’s” (61%). They were divided 42% agree/43% disagree over whether “In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports” but 60% disagreed that “Most women aren’t interested in playing or watching sports”.

Overall, women had a more positive opinion than men on most issues except “In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports” where men were 40% agree/44% disagree and women 43% agree/42% disagree.

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