世論 What Japan Thinks

This calls for some Monty Python:

The goo Ranking survey was, however, not about how hard we had it, but what we are envious of the kids having these days.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 22nd of February 2009 1,076 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were male, 7.2% in their teens, 15.8% in their twenties, 29.4% in their thirties, 25.2% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 11.3% 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 find it hard to be envious of kids today, as although they may be rich in material things, city life and paranoid parents deprives them of the simpler pleasures that I had when I was young.

Ranking result

Q: What are you envious about regarding kids these days? (Sample size=1,076)

Rank		Score
1	They can look stuff up on the internet	100
2	There is air conditioning in classrooms	81.3
3	There are classes using computers	68.2
4	They can email their friends with mobile phones	65.6
5	School meals are substantial	60.3
6	They can easily take photos with mobile phone cameras	59.5
7	They have convenience stores close at hand	56.3
8	They can find any writing instruments at 100 yen shops	56.0
9	They have long legs	50.7
10	They can get colourful school satchels	47.2
11	They can snack on a 100 yen MacDonalds	42.9
12	They get English lessons	41.1
13	Toys are much like adult ones (MP3 players, etc)	36.2
14	Wide selection of gaming consoles	33.8
15	They get lots of New Year money gifts	32.7
16	They can play games on the move (DS, PSP, etc)	30.3
17	Their gym wear is elegant	23.0
18	They get lifts to and from school, etc	22.2
19	Their schoolteachers are gentle	21.0
20	Wide selection of cartoons on television	20.4