By Ken Y-N ( June 4, 2006 at 01:06)
· Filed under Entertainment, Polls
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Over four day in the middle of May, goo Research asked 2,124 members of their monitor group by means of a private internet-based questionnaire about their thoughts on the upcoming 2006 FIFA World Cup™. The survey group was 50.8% female, 16.8% in their teens, 16.4% in their twenties, 20.4% in their thirties, 20.9% in their forties, 19.3% in their fifties, 5.3% in their sixties, and just 0.9% aged 70 or older.
Q1: What teams are you interested in? (Sample size=2,124, multiple answer)
| Japan |
83.4% |
| Brazil |
49.1% |
| Germany |
21.6% |
| England |
20.0% |
| Italy |
16.4% |
| Argentina |
13.5% |
| Korea |
12.3% |
| Spain |
9.7% |
| African representatives |
3.4% |
| USA |
1.9% |
| Other |
2.5% |
| No particular team |
9.6% |
Q2: How do you predict the Japan team will do? (Sample size=2,124)
| Win the World Cup |
2.4% |
| Lose in the final |
2.1% |
| Reach the last four |
15.7% |
| Reach the last eight |
26.6% |
| Reach the last sixteen |
30.2% |
| Fail to qualify from their group |
23.1% |
Looking at the breakdown by sex, almost twice as many men predicted Japan would be knocked out at the league stage, and almost twice as many women predicted they’d get to the last four.
Q3: What players are you interested in? (Sample size=2,124, multiple answer)
| Ronaldinho (Brazil) |
53.5% |
| Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) |
45.8% |
| Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) |
44.5% |
| Seiichiro Maki (Japan) |
31.9% |
| Shinji Ono (Japan) |
31.0% |
| Tsuheyasu Miyamoto (Japan) |
29.7% |
| Beckham (England) |
25.7% |
| Zidane (France) |
18.1% |
| Totti (Italy) |
15.7% |
| Naohiro Takahara (Japan) |
12.9% |
| Raul (Spain) |
9.8% |
| Messi (Argentina) |
8.0% |
| Rooney (England) |
5.9% |
| Ballack (Germany) |
5.9% |
| Other Japanese players |
7.3% |
| Other |
4.5% |
Q4: How will you use the internet to follow the World Cup? (Sample size=2,124, multiple answer)
| Read news site |
72.8% |
| Gather up related World Cup info |
24.4% |
| View video clips related to the World Cup |
13.6% |
| Watch matches |
10.9% |
| View or contribute to bulletin board or blog |
6.2% |
| Other |
0.3% |
| Don’t plan to use the net for the World Cup |
21.6% |
Q5: How do you plan to watch the matches? (Sample size=2,124)
| Watch on television at home |
75.4% |
| Gather at a friend’s house to watch it |
1.7% |
| Record the games then watch them later |
1.7% |
| Watch at a sports bar or other pub or restaurant in Japan |
0.9% |
| Watch at the stadium in Germany |
0.1% |
| Watch at public screen or pub, etc in Germany |
0.1% |
| Other |
0.5% |
| Won’t watch matches (highlights or news is enough) |
19.6% |
Q6: What do you plan to eat and drink whilst watching the matches? (Sample size=1,707, multiple answer)
| Beer |
36.7% |
| Soft drinks |
19.9% |
| Alcohol other than beer |
19.3% |
| Sweets |
38.7% |
| Snacks |
34.3% |
| Light meal |
24.1% |
| Delivery pizza, etc |
11.0% |
| Nothing in paticular |
22.5% |
Q7: Why will you watch the matches in Japan? (Sample size=1,703, multiple answer)
| I didn’t think I wanted to go there |
66.7% |
| Travel costs are high |
36.8% |
| Couldn’t take holidays from work or school |
35.6% |
| Couldn’t get match tickets |
8.4% |
| Other |
1.5% |
Q8: If Japan win and proceed through the knockout stage, are you interested in going to Germany to support them? (Sample size=1,703)
| Definitely want to go |
4.7% |
| If I can, I want to go |
20.1% |
| Don’t really think I want to go |
32.6% |
| Don’t think I want to go at all |
42.6% |
Q9: Do you intend buying any goods for the World Cup? (Sample size=1,707, mutliple answer)
| Large screen or flat screen television |
6.2% |
| Japan replica strip, scarf or other supporter goods |
5.0% |
| Mug, mobile phone strap, or other such items |
4.0% |
| DVD recorder |
3.7% |
| Football game software |
2.3% |
| Other country’s replica strip, etc |
1.5% |
| Match ball or football boots |
0.9% |
| Nothing in particular |
83.3% |
| Other |
0.5% |
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