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