世論 What Japan Thinks

Well, not really secret, but what people do at home that they don’t want others to see, for both men and women, a ranking survey performed by goo Ranking.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 22nd of December 2008 1,039 members of the goo Research monitor pool completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The reported sex split was exactly 50.00% male and 50.00% female, a figure that one will instantly see is wrong, so for the sake of argument I’ll round it up to 520 females and down to 519 males. 7.6% of the sample were in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 10.9% in their fifties, and 10.3% 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.

I’d probably have to say seeing me in my casual clothes (hmm, that didn’t feature anywhere in the answers!) as many of them are selected by my wife or just hand-me-downs – I’m currently wearing a Kewpie sweatshirt under a hoodie with some rather dubiously unmasculine images on the back, so whenever I go to the mailbox or to throw out rubbish I pray no-one sees me!

The photo at the head of the article comes from cellardoore on flickr.

Research results

Q: What figure at home would you not want other people seeing? (Sample size=519, men)

Rank		Score
1	With a tissue stuffed up my nose (stopping nosebleeds, etc)	100
2=	My just-woke-up face and hair	73.9
2=	Crying when watching a movie	73.9
4	Spending time without washing, bathing	69.3
5	Sitting around in my undies	64.7
6	Sleeping in a tatty T-shirt	58.8
7	Talking to the television	22.9
8	Posing in front of the mirror	22.2
9	Practising karaoke by myself	20.3
10	Doing facial exercises	17.0
11	Eating standing in the kitchen	15.0
12	Stuffing my gob full of sweets	14.4
13=	Eating food straight out of the package	13.1
13=	Having a fashion show for myself	13.1
15=	Talking to my pet	11.8
15=	Trying to throw rubbish into the bin	11.8
17	Using slimming exercise products	8.5
18=	Spending winter well-wrapped up	7.8
18=	Talking to the internet	7.8
18=	Living in the dark (extreme energy-saving)	7.8

Q: What figure at home would you not want other people seeing? (Sample size=520, women)

Rank		Score
1	Spending time without washing, bathing	100
2	With a tissue stuffed up my nose (stopping nosebleeds, etc)	92.5
3	My just-woke-up face and hair	88.3
4	Sleeping in a tatty T-shirt	86.9
5	Crying when watching a movie	61.7
6	Eating food straight out of the package	59.3
7=	Sitting around in my undies	50.9
7=	Stuffing my gob full of sweets	50.9
9	No make-up	50.5
10	Doing facial exercises	46.7
11	Practising karaoke by myself	42.5
12	Having a fashion show for myself	40.7
13	Eating standing in the kitchen	36.0
14	Posing in front of the mirror	35.0
15	Spending winter well-wrapped up	30.4
16	Talking to the television	24.3
17	Using slimming exercise products	23.8
18	Trying to throw rubbish into the bin	20.1
19	Using the remote control with my feet	19.6
20	Living in the dark (extreme energy-saving)	13.6