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The Sky News Panel is your opportunity to share your views on a variety of topics and issues which interest you.
What Is The Sky News Panel?
The Sky News Panel is your opportunity to have your say on a variety of issues and topics which directly affect you. Joining up is free and couldn't be easier.
We'll e-mail you from time to time with details of new surveys. Completing them shouldn't take you more than a few minutes. The panel consists of people from all walks of life across the length and breadth of Britain. When you join we'll ask you a few questions about yourself which will help make our surveys more informative and useful. Your name won't be published, nor will any of your personal details. Using your panel registration credentials, you'll be able to log-in here and take part in any current surveys.
Many of our surveys are on news-related issues and the results will be published on Sky News. Occasionally we also undertake surveys for other companies who want your views on lifestyle and consumer topics. The results of all our surveys will be posted here. The panel is operated for Sky News by eDigitalresearch.com.
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Sky News World Cup Survey - summary of findings for panel site
Does the panel share your views? This area of the site shows you results from recent Sky News surveys allowing you to see how the panel responded. Make your opinion count by joining the panel and completing surveys on topics and issues which are important to you.
Click here now to download a PDF of the results from the FIFA World Cup Survey.
How important is the FIFA World Cup to you?
Respondents were split as to how important the FIFA World Cup is for them, with over a quarter saying that it is very important, but nearly a fifth saying that it is not important at all. Of those who don't find the World Cup important, 44% said that they actively try to avoid the World Cup, often by changing the TV channel when a match starts. However, over half of those who find the World Cup important said that they would turn down a social invitation or refuse to go shopping with a partner or spouse to make sure they don't miss an important game.
How many of the matches do you think you will watch on TV?
Over half of those respondents who said that they don't actively avoid the World Cup said that they will watch as many games as they can on TV during the World Cup, with 8% going so far as to say that they will watch all of the games no matter who is playing!
Do you think you will follow some or all of the matches during work-time?
Of those who said that the World Cup is important to them, nearly half said that they will follow some or all of the matches during work time, most commonly either on TV (52%) or online (55%). Furthermore, 14% said that they would pretend to be ill to take a day off work to ensure they don't miss a World Cup match that is important to them. A quarter of those who said that the World Cup is important to them said that they let the household chores slide during the World Cup, while over a fifth said that they drink alcohol or smoke more than usual and suffer mood swings according to how their team is doing.
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