世論 What Japan Thinks

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DIMSDRIVE recently published the results of a survey into probably the biggest event in the school year (and a minor event in the company calendar), Sports Day. Over a week at the end of September and the start of October they interviewed 6,566 people from their internet monitor group. 60.1% were female, 1.1% in their teens, 16.4% in their twenties, 40.5% in their thirties, 30.6% in their forties, 8.5% in their fifties, and 2.9% aged sixty or older. Since this survey was mainly about their children’s sports day, the additional children-related data was 11.7% had infant-aged children, 13.6% had children in nursery or kindergarten, 9.7% in first or second year of primary (elementary) school (i.e. aged 6 or 7), 9.9% in third or fourth year primary education, 9.8% in fifth or sixth year, 12.9% in middle school, and 14.4% in high school or older. 46.5% had no children at all.

The Sports Day is also a big day for English language teachers, of course, but recently, as can be seen in Q6SQ5, since so many people are carrying video cameras, applause is limited since people have their hands full, so there’s a much poorer atmosphere surrounding the events. I’ve been party to interesting technical discussions surrounding this and other issues that crop up regarding recording Sports Day, but the details have to remain secret for now…

Q6: Have you ever gone to your children’s Sports Day? (Sample size=2,483, those with nursery to middle school children)

Yes (to SQs)	96.8%
No	3.2%

Q6SQ1: In the last year have you been to your children’s Sports Day? (Sample size=2,404)

Yes	92.0%
No	6.5%
No Sports Day was held within the last year	1.5%

Q6SQ2: Do you participate in the parent and child sports events? (Sample size=2,404)

Always participate	33.8%
Have participated	55.8%
Never participated	10.4%

Q6SQ3: Have you ever queued up before opening time in order to get a good seat? (Sample size=2,404)

Yes (to SQ4)	35.0%
No (to SQ5)	65.0%

Q6SQ4: Last time you queued up, from how long before opening time did you join the queue? (Sample size=841)

Up to an hour before	58.2%
Up to two hours before	19.0%
Up to three hours before	10.1%
Up to four hours before	2.5%
Up to five hours before	1.0%
Up to six hours before	1.1%
More than six hours before	5.6%
Don’t know or can’t remember	2.5%

Q6SQ5: Have you taken photos or video at the Sports Day? (Sample size=2,404, multiple answer)

Photos (to SQ6)	89.4%
Video (to SQ6)	75.1%
Neither (to SQ8)	3.3%

Q6SQ6: What devices did you use? (Sample size=2,325, multiple answer)

Digital point and shoot camera	69.3%
Video camera	57.1%
Film point and shoot camera	25.2%
8 millimetre camera	19.0%
Mobile phone	17.6%
SLR or Digital SLR	17.0%
Disposable camera	6.3%
Other	0.3%
Don’t know	0.0%

Q6SQ7: What did you do with the images you shot? (Sampe size=2,325, multiple answer)

Showed them to friends and family	46.6%
Used them as wallpaper on computer	8.3%
Made them into postcards (New Year, etc)	6.7%
Showed them at film/camera club	4.3%
Put them on my blog or home page	3.5%
Put them on other web site	0.8%
Other	12.0%
Just stored them away	36.9%
Don’t know	1.1%

Q6SQ8: If the Sports Day was rained out, etc, on the weekend, would you attend your children’s Sports Day on a Monday (ie, a work day)? (Sample size=2,404)

	All	Men N=930	Women N=1,474
Definitely	50.7%	17.1%	71.8%
Perhaps	25.2%	31.6%	21.2%
Perhaps not	16.5%	36.6%	3.9%
Definitely not	2.1%	4.7%	0.5%
Don’t know	5.5%	10.0%	2.6%

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