世論 What Japan Thinks

This Sunday it’s another look at gender differences, with goo Ranking reporting on what wives wish their husbands would do for them once in a while, and the reverse, what husbands wish their wives would do for them once in a while.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 25th of June 2008 1,014 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were male, 6.5% in their teens, 14.5% in their twenties, 31.0% in their thirties, 28.1% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 8.8% 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.

For me, I already do 1 (well, I bake), 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 (more precisely, I help with the hanging out), 10, she says I don’t do 11 enough, the second 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, she won’t trust me to do 24, 25, both 26s, 28 and 30 more than once in a while. I’d only want her to do 28, but not for a selfish reason. She doesn’t do ironing, but I’ve noticed in Japan ironing is not that popular an activity with anyone.

Ranking result

Q: What do you wish your husband would do for you once in a while? (Sample size=506, women)

Rank		Score
1	Cook	100
2	Cleaning	83.5
3	Show thanks	60.2
4	Plan holidays for me	57.8
5	Give presents other than on anniversaries	53.9
6	Clean up after meals	53.4
7	Compliment me	53.4
8	Look after the kids	51.5
9	Wash clothes	50.5
10	Ask me out on a date	50.0
11	Listen to my talk	45.6
12=	Come to pick me up in the car when I’m out	40.8
12=	Hold hands, link arms	40.8
14	Let me go out by myself	40.3
15	Buy me sweets	39.3
16	Give me a massage	37.4
17	Listen to my complaints	35.9
18	Throw out the rubbish in the morning	34.0
19	Give me a hug, cuddle	33.0
20	Buy me flowers	32.5
21	Say “I love you”	32.0
22	Plan something for the weekend	30.1
23	Air the bedding	22.8
24	Take me out without a prepared route	21.4
25	Do the shopping	20.4
26=	Kiss	18.9
26=	Make casual phone calls to me	18.9
28	Talk to me about problems at work	18.0
29	Book a restaurant, etc	17.5
30	Look after the pets	14.6

Q: What do you wish your wife would do for you once in a while? (Sample size=508, men)

Rank		Score
1	Express thanks	100
2	Plan holidays for me	96.1
3	Give me a massage	87.0
4	Give presents other than on anniversaries	87.0
5	Cook	83.1
6	Compliment me	76.6
7	Let me go out by myself	74.0
8	Listen to my talk	66.2
9	Cleaning	62.3
10	Hold hands, link arms	57.1
11	Kiss	55.8
12	Listen to my complaints	55.8
13	Give me a hug, cuddle	48.1
14	Wash clothes	46.8
15	Come to pick me up in the car when I’m out	45.5
16	Ask me out on a date	45.5
17	Say “I love you”	41.6
18	Look after our parents	32.5
19	Doll herself up	32.5
20	Plan something for the weekend	31.2
21	Air the bedding	29.9
22=	Make casual phone calls to me	26.0
22=	Clean up after meals	26.0
24=	Do the ironing	23.4
24=	Look after the kids	23.4
26	Throw out the rubbish in the morning	22.1
27	Talk to me about problems at work	20.8
28	Do the shopping	16.9
29	Book a restaurant, etc	15.6
30	Write me a letter	14.3