世論 What Japan Thinks

I managed a second translation for today, this time on what people are bad at doing regarding love and relationships, for both men and women. As usual, this survey was from goo Ranking.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 25th of March 2009 1,043 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 52.2% of the sample were male, 7.8% in their teens, 17.1% in their twenties, 28.2% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 11.4% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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.

Looking at the male list, I’m poor at the majority of the items, I’m afraid! However, thinking again, I’d say it’s more that I have little confidence in my abilities, but looking at my current situation I seem to have overcome these weaknesses pretty successfully, if I say so myself – I should ask the wife for a second opinion, but I fear the answer, or perhaps she’d just use flattery?

Ranking results

Q: What are you poor at regarding love? (Sample size=544, male)

Rank		Score
1	Declaring my love	100
2	Making the approach to declaring my love	78.6
3	Talking about breaking up	67.3
4	Making a clean break	52.0
5	Choosing where to go on a date	51.0
6	Choosing anniversary presents	50.0
7=	Setting up anniversary events, etc	44.9
7=	Choosing a girl who suits me	44.9
9	Getting on with her parents	41.8
10	Making up after arguing	38.8
11	Expressing my feelings when saying “I love you”	37.8
12	Controlling my feelings of love	35.7
13	Showing her my weak side	33.7
14=	Getting on with her friends	32.7
14=	Timing for when to reply to emails	32.7
14=	Refusing a declaration of love	32.7
17=	Overcoming getting bored with each other	29.6
17=	Matching her pace of life	29.6
19	Talking on the phone	24.5
20	Getting into her hobbies	23.5

Q: What are you poor at regarding love? (Sample size=499, female)

Rank		Score
1	Declaring my love	100
2	Talking about breaking up	86.8
3	Refusing a declaration of love	67.5
4	Making the approach to declaring my love	63.2
5	Choosing a guy who suits me	57.9
6	Getting on with his parents	55.3
7	Matching his pace of life	54.4
8	Overcoming getting bored with each other	53.5
9	Making a clean break	50.0
10	Showing him my weak side	48.2
11	Making up after arguing	47.4
12	Expressing my feelings when saying “I love you”	43.9
13	Controlling my feelings of love	38.6
14	Introducing him to my parents	37.7
15	Choosing anniversary presents	33.3
16	Getting on with his friends	29.8
17=	Talking on the phone	28.9
17=	Getting into his hobbies	28.9
19	Choosing where to go on a date	25.4
20	Setting up anniversary events, etc	24.6