世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking came up with another of their interesting ranking surveys; as always, the accuracy of the figures and the method for collecting the data is unclear, but hopefully the results make up for the potential lack of quality! Between the 28th and 30th of August 2007 goo Ranking performed a survey asking women about the basic preconditions for potential husbands and men about the basic preconditions for potential wives.

Ranking results

Q: What are the basic preconditions when deciding to marry a potential spouse?

Rank	Husbands must be, must have…	Score	Wives must be, must have…	Score
1	No verbal, physical violence	100	Compatible values, respect for values	100
2	Compatible values, respect for values	96.9	Gentle	84.6
3	No loans, etc	88.2	Doesn’t smoke	71.6
4	Financially sound	78.4	Good cook	57.5
5	Gentle	73.0	Healthy	57.5
6	Healthy	66.6	No loans, etc	53.5
7	Not a liar	63.5	Not a liar	53.2
8	Not a gambler	58.7	Same money sense	49.8
9	Same money sense	56.5	Good at tidying up, cleaning	44.1
10	Not interested in fooling around with girls	52.0	Good-looking	42.8
11	Doesn’t smoke	48.3	Not a gambler	41.8
12	Diligent	46.6	Not interested in fooling around with boys	40.5
13	Steady job	45.2	No verbal, physical violence	36.5
14	Taller than me	44.1	Diligent	35.8
15	Don’t need to live with his parents	40.2	Optimistic	35.8
16	Not constricting	39.0	Gets on with my side of the family	34.8
17	Optimistic	37.6	Have shared hobbies	32.4
18	Gets on with my side of the family	37.6	Both like similar foods	31.1
19	Good relationships within his family	36.8	Good relationships within her family	26.4
20	Has driving licence	36.0	Good at doing laundry	26.1
21	Both like similar foods	31.7	Similar thinking on child-related issues	25.8
22	Earns more than me	31.5	Not constricting	25.1
23	Good-looking	30.9	Not divorced	24.4
24	Have shared hobbies	30.1	Gets on well with my friends	22.1
25	Similar thinking on child-related issues	28.4	Younger than me	15.7
26	Not divorced	26.4	Financially sound	15.4
27	Older than me	23.0	Has driving licence	12.4
28	Gets on well with my friends	19.1	Don’t need to be adopted into her family	11.7
29	Not oldest son	18.8	Shorter than me	11.0
30	Not likely to be transferred	16.9	Don’t need to live with her parents	10.4