By Ken Y-N (
April 21, 2006 at 23:05)
· Filed under Lifestyle, Polls
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Following on from a previous survey that looked at toothbrush habits, this survey addresses another popular stereotype of the Japanese, the wearing of spectacles. DIMSDRIVE Research interviewed 7,851 members of their internet monitor group, 56.9% female, by means of an internet-based questionnaire. The age demographics were 1.5% teenagers, 20.8% in their twenties, 35.6% in their thirties, 25.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 4.8% aged sixty or older.
I found it a bit strange that many of the women voted for seemed to be more a list of sexy women who have once or twice been photographed wearing glasses rather than a list of regular wearers who suit them.
Also, Mari’s Diary recently published an entry regarding eyeglass fetishes.
Q7: In a single word or phrase, what is your image of glasses? (Sample size=7,851, free answer)
Prescription lens users
| Intellectual |
1018 |
| Fashion accessory |
538 |
| Earnest |
420 |
| Necessary item |
403 |
| Part of one’s face or body |
377 |
| Egghead |
221 |
| In the way |
167 |
| Bothersome |
143 |
| Depressing or annoying |
131 |
| Serious |
130 |
Non-prescription lens users
| Intellectual |
142 |
| Fashion accessory |
52 |
| Part of one’s face or body |
43 |
| Egghead |
36 |
| Earnest |
35 |
| Stylish |
28 |
| Necessary item |
27 |
| In the way |
15 |
| Bothersome |
15 |
| Depressing or annoying |
12 |
Non-glasses wearers
| Intellectual |
374 |
| Stylish |
147 |
| Earnest |
123 |
| Bad eyesight |
85 |
| Egghead |
58 |
| Bothersome |
39 |
| In the way |
30 |
| Serious |
29 |
| Inconvenient |
20 |
| Depressing or annoying |
19 |
Q8: What celebrity or famous person do you think suits glasses? (Sample size=7,851, free answer)
Men
Women
| Yasuko Mitsuura |
646 |
| Miho Takagi |
389 |
| Kaori Manabe (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
298 |
| Rie Shibata |
283 |
| Yukie Nakama (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
242 |
| Hitomi Kuroki (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
148 |
| Tomoko Kawase (Tommy February9) |
132 |
| Nanako Matsushima (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
128 |
| Yasuko Matsuyuki (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
122 |
| Ayumi Hamasaki (can’t find any pictures of her with glasses!) |
94 |
Q9: What anime character do you think suits glasses? (Sample size=7,851, free answer)
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September 2, 2006 @ 23:43
[…] As another part of their 91st Ranking Research, DIMSDRIVE Research looked at what people thought was the cause of their bad eyesight. We’ve seen previously how most Japanese wear glasses, so let’s have a look at why they do. No, that reason was not included in the answers! They interviewed 4,347 people (perhaps all thought their eyesight was bad) from their internet monitor group over a period of a week in the middle of August. […]