Tables
Question: Have you ever watched the television program, The Sopranos? If you can't get the show on your TV, just tell me. |
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NJ |
Nation |
NJ 2001 |
Nation 2001 |
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Yes |
60% |
41% |
53% |
37% |
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No, never |
39% |
59% |
46% |
63% |
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Sample information |
N=602 |
N=776 |
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N=517 |
N=800 |
Question: If “yes” ask: How much have you seen of The Sopranos over the years…READ? |
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N.J. |
Nation |
many episodes |
54% |
30% |
some |
12% |
18% |
just a Few |
31% |
45% |
none |
3% |
6% |
Sample |
N=362 |
N=316 |
MoE |
+/-5 |
+/-5.5 |
Question: Some have criticized the show for [attribute]. Do agree or disagree with this criticism? |
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New Jersey All |
National All |
National 2001 |
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Agree |
Dis- |
unsure |
Agree |
Dis- |
unsure |
Agree |
Dis- |
unsure |
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Sexually explicit scenes / dialog |
35% |
50% |
16% |
36% |
45% |
18% |
38% |
45% |
16% |
Offensive / vulgar language |
42% |
47% |
11% |
47% |
42% |
11% |
42% |
48% |
10% |
Excessive / graphic violence |
38% |
51% |
11% |
46% |
41% |
12% |
33% |
55% |
13% |
Glorifying organized crime |
32% |
58% |
11% |
44% |
46% |
11% |
35% |
57% |
8% |
Portraying Italian-Americans in a negative way. |
24% |
67% |
9% |
27% |
61% |
12% |
26% |
65% |
9% |
Note: Percentages reflect responses only for survey respondents who reported having watched the show. Unsure includes “neither” and “both.” |
Question: Do you think of The Sopranos as just a story or do you think it's pretty much telling the truth about the people and events it depicts? |
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New Jersey by Age |
NJ ideology |
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N.J. |
Nation |
18-29 |
31-45 |
45-60 |
60+ |
lib |
mod |
cons |
Nation 2001 |
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Just a Story |
55% |
60% |
52 |
57 |
60 |
46 |
70 |
48 |
49 |
62% |
Telling the Truth |
29% |
20% |
30 |
31 |
27 |
29 |
18 |
34 |
36 |
26% |
Unsure |
16% |
20% |
18 |
12 |
13 |
24 |
12 |
17 |
15 |
12% |
Note: Percentages reflect responses only for survey respondents who reported having watched the show. |
Question: By the way, do know what state in the country The Sopranos is supposed to take place in? |
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N.J. All |
National All |
National by region |
N.J. 2001 |
Nation 2001 |
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North |
North |
South |
West |
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New Jersey |
90% |
56% |
74 |
54 |
53 |
46 |
63% |
34% |
[any other answer] |
2% |
15% |
10 |
15 |
16 |
18 |
9% |
9% |
Don't Know |
7% |
29% |
17 |
31 |
31 |
36 |
28% |
57% |
Question: The very last episode of The Sopranos will take place very soon. How do you think the series should end? Should Tony Soprano… or …at the end of the story? Should he… | ||||
[ROTATE ALL] | New Jerseyans who watched | |||
N.J. | National | Many | some/few | |
Die | 21% |
21% |
22 |
19 |
Be killed by police | 5 |
14 |
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Be killed by other criminals | 44 |
18 |
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Die a natural death, like a heart attack or stroke | 11 |
20 |
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Other | 30 |
38 |
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Don't know | 9 |
10 |
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live | 43% |
40% |
56 |
28 |
Continue as a mobster | 25 |
30 |
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go to prison | 32 |
33 |
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turn honest | 15 |
25 |
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other | 17 |
6 |
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Don't know | 12 |
7 |
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Don't know | 36% |
40% |
21 |
52 |
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