世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking looked recently at from what occupation would one like to have a gocon with, for both women choosing men and men choosing women. A gocon is a dating party, usually consisting of three of four guys and three of four women, with each group usually being work colleagues.

Demographics

Between the 21th and 24th of October 2008 1,056 members of the goo Research online monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.5% of the sample were female, 5.0% in their teens, 13.2% in their twenties, 28.4% in their thirties, 31.5% in their forties, 13.1% 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.

Ranking result

Q: Men of what occupation would you like to have a gocon with? (Sample size=554, women)

Rank		Score
1	Doctor	100
2	Lawyer	76.5
3	Celebrity	57.8
4	Pilot	54.8
5	Employee of largue manufacturer	52.4
6	Civil servant	44.6
7	IT-related	38.6
8	Musician	34.3
9	Travel-related	34.3
10=	Voice actor	28.3
10=	Cartoonist, illustrator, writer	28.3
10=	University lecturer	28.3
13	Media-related	28.3
14	Advertisement-related	25.9
15	Author	23.5
16	Photographer	22.9
17	Hairdresser, barber	22.3
18=	Artist	21.7
18=	Venture capitalist	21.7
20	Model	20.5
21	Architect, estate agent	19.9
22	Politician	16.9
23	Financial-related	16.9
24	Clothing-related	16.3
25=	Kindergarten teacher	15.7
25=	Artisan, craftsman	15.7
27	Student from famous university	15.1
28=	Teacher, cram school teacher	13.9
28=	Consultant	13.9
30	Host	13.3

Q: Women of what occupation would you like to have a gocon with? (Sample size=502, men)

Rank		Score
1	Nurse	100
2	Stewardess	71.3
3	University student	69.5
4	Model	62.1
5	Kindergarten teacher	60.9
6	Celebrity	60.3
7	Employee of largue manufacturer	45.4
8	Secretary	44.8
9	Travel-related	32.8
10=	Doctor	29.3
10=	Voice actress	29.3
12	Bridal-related	24.7
13=	Cartoonist, illustrator, writer	24.7
13=	Teacher, cram school teacher	24.7
15	Social welfare-related	24.1
16	Hostess	22.4
17	Photographer	22.4
18	Clothing-related	21.3
19	IT-related	20.7
20=	Musician	19.0
20=	Artist	19.0
22	Advertising-related	15.5
23	Artisan, craftswoman	14.9
24=	Lawyer	14.4
24=	Venture capitalist	14.4
26=	Consultant	13.8
26=	Financial-related	13.8
28	Casual worker	13.2
29	Media-related	13.2
30	University lecturer	12.6