interviews

I interviewed 8 women aged between 25-50, who live with a husband or partner and watch soaps. Would have liked to have asked more but it was difficult getting hold of them as they had work etc when i was free.

questions and results:

>How many soaps do you watch?
1 (1) 2 (3) 3 (3) 4 (1) 5 6 7 8+


>How often do you watch soaps (days a week)?
5 (6) 4(1) 3(1) 2 1

>Which characters do you relate to most in a soap?
Eastenders: Zainab Masood (2), Tanya Branning (5)
Coronation street: Michelle Connor (4)
Emmerdale: Dianne Sugden (1)

>Do you sit down to watch a whole soap? or watch it whilst doing something else?
Whole programme(5) Whilst doing other jobs(2) Both (1)

>Do you think women are represented as an equal status to men in soaps?
Yes(3) No(4) Other.... (1 sometmies but women never really seem to make it very successfully in their lives or if they do they are unhappy.)

> Do you think men or women have more successful careers in soaps?
Men (6) Women Equal(2)

>Who do you think spends most time looking after their families in soaps?men or women?
Women (8) Men(0) Both (0)