COVID-19: The return of the Premier League 2020, by interest

On June 17th 2020, English Premier League football resumed after having been placed on hold as part of the ongoing COVID-19 containment measures. During a representative survey of the British adult population, undertaken between the 3rd and 4th June 2020, respondents were asked their opinion on the appropriateness of the return of the English Premier League (EPL) at this time.
The responses to this survey have subsequently been categorized into into four groups characterized by the respondents level of interest in the EPL.
There is a substantial relationship observed between the level of interest of the respondent and their opinion on the appropriateness of the return of the EPL. Only the respondents that indicated that the EPL is one of their 'TOP' interests exhibited the greatest share indicating that the 17th June was 'about the right time' for the EPL to resume with over 57 percent indicating as such. Conversely, the greatest of all other respondent groups indicated that it was 'too soon' for the EPL to resume.

Distribution of opinions on the return of the Premier League following suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic as of June 2020 in Great Britain, by level of interest

Characteristic	Not at all interested	A little bit interested	Somewhat interested	This is one of my TOP interests
Too late	2%	1%	2%	6%
Don't know	35%	19%	13%	9%
Too soon	49%	47%	50%	29%
About the right time	14%	33%	36%	57%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

3-4 June 2020

Number of respondents

2,067 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

Survey questions: English Premier League football is set to resume on June 17th after being put on hold due to the Coronavirus. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), otherwise known as COVID-19, is an infectious disease first identified in the city of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in China, after 41 people developed pneumonia without a clear cause. Infections have since been reported around the world. Symptoms include fever, coughing and breathing difficulties. ...Do you think that Premier League football is resuming too soon, too late or is it resuming at about the right time?

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