Sunday, February 10, 2013

Real Women Watch Football - Jeff Kravetz


This journal article had a lot of information about females watching the Super Bowl.  The in-depth look and break down of what percentages of people watch things like the pre-game show, commercials, the half time performance and just the whole game itself.  Not only this, but also the breakdown of age, marital status, ethnicity and their household income lead to some interesting numbers.  As stated in the journal article, about 45% of females watched the 2007 Super Bowl.  I was surprised by how high this number was so I looked further into the percentages and statistics to see if I could explain why.

The total sample of viewers in the 25-34 and 35-44 age ranges each had the largest percentage of 25.3% each.  This accounts for 50.6% of all viewers that watched the game between the ages of 25 and 44.  Females also had the largest percentage in the 35-44 age range with 40.0%. Along with this, the largest percentage of the total sample of marital status was married couples with 54.5% and females having 65.2% that were married.

Putting these statistics together and based my thoughts, wouldn’t it seem unsurprising that females accounted for 45% of all viewers that watched the Super Bowl? If a male is watching the game and is married then the female is going to be right next to her husband watching the game with him and possibly his friends. If the husband brings his friends to watch the game then they will bring their wives along with them making the ratio of males and females equal.  In my opinion, the 25-34 and 35-44 age ranges are the most popular ages that couples are married since and the percentages show since they have the largest percentages.  I do not think the education level or household income has a significant part in it, but it is still interesting to look at. 

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