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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 NRS social grade

Characteristic	ABC1	C2DE
Too soon	49%	47%
About the right time	28%	24%
Too late	2%	3%
Don't know	21%	26%

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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

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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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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 two groups characterized by the NRS social grades of the respondents. The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. The grades are grouped here into ABC1 and C2DE; these are taken to equate to middle class and working class, respectively.

Although the greatest share from both categories of respondents held the opinion that the 17th June was 'too soon' for the Premier league to resume, 28 of ABC1 respondents and 24 percent of C2DE respondents indicated that this was 'about the right time' for its return.