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The Perception of Sports Journalists Regarding Women’s Football in Romania

Table 19: Respondents’ perceptions of various issues related to gender equality in football and sport in general

13. Please specify the extent to which you agree with the following statements:
N Mean Standard deviation Standard error
Football is a men’s game. 63 2.56 1.202 .151
Football cannot be played as well by women as it is played by men. 63 2.95 1.373 .173
The financial disparity between male and female football players is justified. 63 3.48 1.268 .160
Football is a discriminatory sport. 63 2.49 1.176 .148
Opportunities in women’s football are growing. 63 3.40 .976 .123
The media could do more for the development of women’s football. 63 4.05 1.054 .133
Women need to work harder than men to be noticed in the sport they play. 63 3.11 1.333 .168
The future of women’s football is optimistic. 63 3.16 1.081 .136
The characteristics of the game of football are associated with masculinity. 63 3.32 1.090 .137
Women’s football does not have the potential to make an audience in Romania. 63 3.49 1.061 .134
Women have more notoriety in individual sports. 63 3.52 1.030 .130
The public can be educated to increase interest in women’s football. 63 3.84 1.066 .134
Men are more involved in football than women. 63 3.76 1.103 .139
Men make more effort when playing football compared to women. 63 3.05 1.099 .138
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