世論 What Japan Thinks

Your second dose of silly Sunday surveys for today! This time looking at what trivial things people end up quarreling with their other half over, for both men and women.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 23th of May 2008 1,072 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. Exactly 50% of the sample were male, 5.7% in their teens, 12.9% in their twenties, 31.8% in their thirties, 27.5% in their forties, 11.3% in their fifties, and 10.8% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

I’m too laid-back to start arguments (or too scared to try…), but from the woman’s perspective number one is probably the worst one for setting the wife off, and I know better than to get involved in arguments about number ten!

Ranking results

Q: What trivial things have been the source of quarrels with your girlfriend? (Sample size=536, male)

Rank		Score
1	Phoning, not phoning	100
2	Not replying, not hearing replies	91.0
3	Severe word endings	80.2
4	Slow to reply to email	67.6
5	Food flavouring	59.5
6	Being late	57.7
7	Not caring about my health	45.0
8	Going to visit a guy I don’t know	44.1
9=	Differences in remembering events	34.2
9=	Not saying “I love you”	34.2
11	Not noticing a new hairstyle	31.5
12	Eating up all the good food	30.6
13=	Likes, dislikes of famous people	23.4
13=	Impressions of films, television we watched together	23.4
15	Not thinking of where to go on a date	21.6
16	Not going shopping with me	18.9
17=	Food likes and dislikes	16.2
17=	Closing, not closing the toilet lid	16.2
17=	Clothes, tie colour, pattern	16.2
20	Turning up scruffy for a date	14.4

Q: What trivial things have been the source of quarrels with your boyfriend? (Sample size=536, female)

Rank		Score
1	Not replying, not hearing replies	100
2	Phoning, not phoning	90.0
3	Severe word endings	66.7
4	Not caring about my health	64.2
5	Slow to reply to email	63.3
6	Being late	50.8
7	Food flavouring	47.5
8	Eating up all the good food	43.3
9	Impressions of films, television we watched together	36.7
10	Differences in remembering events	34.2
11	Going to visit a girl I don’t know	33.3
12	Not thinking of where to go on a date	30.8
13	Likes, dislikes of famous people	29.2
14	Not going shopping with me	27.5
15=	Not saying “I love you”	25.8
15=	Not noticing a new hairstyle	25.8
17	Closing, not closing the toilet lid	23.3
18=	Paying for dates, going Dutch	22.5
18=	Not calling me by my name	22.5
20	Food likes and dislikes	18.3