世論 What Japan Thinks

This ranking survey from goo Ranking may very well make you laugh out loud as yes indeed, the number one action that people get up to when no-one’s around is what you are thinking it is! Both women and men were separately reported.

Demographics

Between the 24th and 26th of September 2008 1,044 members of the goo Research online monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 5.8% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 32.3% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 12.3% in their fifties, and 9.3% 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.

My wife would probably claim that I don’t bother waiting for no-one to be around before doing most of these actions!

Ranking results

Q: What do you end up doing when no-one else is around? (Sample size=516, female)

Rank		Score
1	Fart	100
2	Pick my nose	70.0
3	Leave the door open when using the toilet	67.0
4	Spread my legs	63.9
5	Pluck stray hairs	59.6
6	Vocalise while yawning	50.4
7	Talk to myself	50.0
8	Fantasise	47.8
9	Nibble on a snack	47.4
10=	Sit in a funny pose	45.2
10=	Clean my ears	45.2
12	Sing along with my iPod	43.9
13	Check my figure	43.0
14	Laugh out loud at manga	43.0
15=	Check for body odour	33.5
15=	Stretch	33.5
17	Check my smile, pose in the mirror	33.0
18	Surf the net during work	26.1
19	Fix my make-up	23.5
20	Swim in the onsen	23.0
21	Crack my knuckles	20.4
22	Sing in the bath	18.7
23	Doze off in the office	13.5
24	Pick at my nails	12.2
25	Letch over my favourite photographs	11.7
26	Jiggle my legs	10.4
27	Steal a doggie bag from the buffet	9.1
28	Cut my nails	8.3
29	Read a book out loud	7.4
30	Shout	5.7

Q: What do you end up doing when no-one else is around? (Sample size=528, male)

Rank		Score
1	Fart	100
2	Pick my nose	97.3
3	Clean my ears	20.0
4=	Leave the door open when using the toilet	17.6
4=	Loosen my tie	17.6
6=	Talk to myself	16.9
6=	Vocalise while yawning	16.9
8	Spread my legs	16.5
9	Surf the net during work	15.3
10	Fantasise	14.5
11	Sing along with my iPod	14.0
12	Crack my knuckles	13.0
13	Stretch	11.8
14	Doze off in the office	10.7
15	Swim in the onsen	9.5
16=	Jiggle my legs	9.3
16=	Laugh out loud at manga	9.3
18	Check for body odour	9.1
19	Pluck stray hairs	8.5
20	Pick at my nails	8.1
21	Check my figure	7.2
22	Nibble on a snack	6.8
23	Sit in a funny pose	6.4
24	Sing in the bath	5.8
25	Cut my nails	5.2
26	Check my smile, pose in the mirror	4.3
27	Letch over my favourite photographs	2.9
28	Shout	2.5
29	Read a book out loud	1.7
30	Steal a doggie bag from the buffet	1.6