This statistic presents the reasons why female online gamers from the United States play games. In 2011, 58 percent of respondents stated they played games because they wanted to alleviate boredom.
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This statistic presents the reasons why female online gamers from the United States play games. In 2011, 58 percent of respondents stated they played games because they wanted to alleviate boredom.
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This statistic presents the reasons why female online gamers from the United States play games. In 2011, 58 percent of respondents stated they played games because they wanted to alleviate boredom.
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- November 2011
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- October 2011
- Number of respondents
- base: n = more than 2,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- only women
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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* The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey.
The source does not provide information regarding additional answering options which might have been available during the survey.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- October 2011
- Number of respondents
- base: n = more than 2,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- only women
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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* The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey.
The source does not provide information regarding additional answering options which might have been available during the survey.
Multiple answers were possible.
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