世論 What Japan Thinks

In the past I have looked at women-only carriages, but this time I present a survey from iShare looking at train groping and men-only carriages.

Demographics

Between the 10th and 15th of July 2009 543 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.5% of the sample were male, 33.3% were in their twenties, 31.5% in their thirties, and 35.2% in their forties.

I’m not in favour of men-only carriages (although I strongly support women-only) as I’m not really sure they’d change anything; I’d love to know why people wanted them, as surely it cannot just be due to the fear of being misidentified as a groper.

For a sillier look at train segregation, here’s a ranking survey I translated previously.

Research results

Q1: Do you currently commute by train? (Sample size=543)

	All	Male N=312	Female N=231
Yes	42.5%	50.6%	31.6%
No	57.5%	49.4%	68.4%

Q2: In packed trains, do you think men should take care not to be misidentified as a groper? (Sample size=543)

	All	Male N=312	Female N=231
Yes (to SQ)	82.7%	80.1%	86.1%
No	17.3%	19.9%	13.9%

Q2SQ: In packed trains, what do you think men should take care to do in order not to be misidentified as a groper? (Sample size=449, multiple answer)

	All	Male N=250	Female N=199
Keep both hands in an easy-to-see place	82.2%	83.2%	80.9%
Don’t get close to women	52.6%	54.0%	50.8%
Put luggage on the rack	11.8%	9.2%	15.1%
Don’t stand close to the doors	8.9%	6.8%	11.6%
Let people around you know before you move	7.6%	6.4%	9.0%
Other	4.9%	4.8%	5.0%

Q3: Do you think women-only carriages are needed? (Sample size=543)

	All	Male N=312	Female N=231
Yes	54.0%	49.4%	60.2%
No	16.6%	23.1%	7.8%
Can’t say either way	29.5%	27.6%	32.0%

Q4: Seibu Railway’s holding company recently put the question of introducing men-only carriages to their shareholders, but the resolution failed. Do you think men-only carriages are needed? (Sample size=543)

	All	Male N=312	Female N=231
Yes	40.3%	39.1%	42.0%
No	23.8%	30.1%	15.2%
Can’t say either way	35.9%	30.8%	42.9%