Bulletin Poll: Sporting Life
Which of the following is your favorite spectator sport? |
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45-54 |
55-64 |
65+ |
Baseball |
11% |
18% |
24% |
Basketball |
7% |
8% |
7% |
Football |
26% |
26% |
28% |
Golf |
4% |
8% |
6% |
Soccer |
5% |
3% |
1% |
Track and Field |
-- |
1% |
1% |
NASCAR auto racing |
12% |
9% |
7% |
Swimming |
8% |
1% |
2% |
Tennis |
1% |
-- |
2% |
Volleyball |
2% |
1% |
1% |
Something else |
13% |
11% |
8% |
No favorite |
10% |
14% |
11% |
| Which of the following is your favorite sporting sport? | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| Summer or Winter Olympics | 20% | 18% | 12% |
| Major League Baseball World Series | 6% | 6% | 17% |
| Soccer World Cup | 4% | 1% | 2% |
| NFL Super Bowl | 28% | 32% | 19% |
| The Masters Golf Championship | 2% | 5% | 10% |
| The PGA | -- | 1% | 3% |
| The U.S. Open or British Open golf tournaments | -- | -- | 2% |
| NBA Finals | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open or Australian Open tennis tournaments | -- | -- | 1% |
| NCAA college football bowl games | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| NCAA basketball championship | 6% | 7% | 5% |
| Tour de France bicycle race | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| NASCAR | 2% | -- | 2% |
| NHL championship/Stanley Cup | -- | -- | 2% |
| Something else | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| No favorite | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| What is your current level of physical activity? | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| I don’t currently engage in regular physical activity | 16% | 24% | 38% |
| I don’t right now, but plan to start in the next six months | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| I don’t right now, but plan to start in the next month | 6% | 4% | 1% |
| I’ve been physically active on a regular basis for less than a year | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| I’ve been physically active on a regular basis for the last year or more | 67% | 62% | 52% |
| What is your favorite type of exercise? | |||
| (asked of respondents who are physically active on a regular basis) | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| Bicycling | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| Dancing/aerobic dancing | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Elliptical machine/stair climber/treadmill | 4% | 1% | 4% |
| Golf | 1% | 4% | 7% |
| Team sports (baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball) | 6% | 1% | 1% |
| Hiking | -- | -- | 4% |
| Running/jogging | 10% | 4% | 4% |
| Swimming/water aerobics | 5% | 1% | 3% |
| Tennis | 1% | -- | 1% |
| Walking | 39% | 49% | 51% |
| Weight lifting/weight training | 11% | 7% | 4% |
| Yoga | -- | 2% | 4% |
| Gardening/working outdoors | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| Wii Fit | 3% | -- | -- |
| Please estimate how much physical activity you accumulate in one week. | |||
| (asked of respondents who are physically active on a regular basis) | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| Less than one-half hour | -- | 9% | -- |
| Between one-half hour and two hours | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Between two and four hours | 28% | 21% | 25% |
| Four hours or more | 57% | 55% | 57% |
| Is your current level of physical activity more or less than it was 5 years ago? | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| More | 38% | 31% | 19% |
| Less | 55% | 61% | 73% |
| Who is your favorite living professional athlete? | |||
| (open-ended question; top responses) | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| Tiger Woods | 5% | 11% | 17% |
| Michael Jordan | 4% | 7% | 2% |
| Lance Armstrong | 3% | 4% | 1% |
| Kobe Bryant | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Bret Favre | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Tony Romo | 2% | 3% | -- |
| Troy Aikman | -- | 1% | 1% |
| Shaquille O’Neill | 1% | -- | 1% |
| Derek Jeter | -- | 1% | 1% |
| No favorite | 35% | 29% | 37% |
| Please estimate how much physical activity you accumulate in one week | |||
| (asked of respondents who are physically active on a regular basis) | |||
| 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
| Yes | * | 12% | 4% |
| No | * | 83% | 95% |
Survey of 510 adults age 45 and older conducted by ICR between Aug. 27 and Aug. 30, 2009.
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