世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a nice survey from iShare looking at hangovers.

Demographics

Between the 28th and 31st of July 551 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.4% of the sample were male, 38.7% in their twenties, 27.2% in their thirties, and 34.1% in their forties.

I’ve heard a number of people say good things about Ukon no Chikara and other tumeric-based hangover avoidance techniques, but I’ve not tried it myself.

The Japanese for hangover is 二日酔い, futsukayoi, literally “two days drunk”, which I think is a great expression! I’ve never had a three days drunk experience, but I’m surprised that only less than half the drinkers have had a “never again!” experience.

Research results

Q1: Have you ever had a hangover from drinking alcohol? (Sample size=551)

	All	Male N=300	Female N=251
Yes (to SQs)	50.8%	57.0%	43.4%
No	26.9%	23.3%	31.1%
Don’t drink alcohol	22.3%	19.7%	25.5%

Q1SQ1: When suffering from a hangover, have you ever thought “I’ll never drink again!”? (Sample size=280)

	All	Male N=171	Female N=109
Yes	44.3%	45.0%	43.1%
No	55.7%	55.0%	56.9%

Q1SQ2: Have you ever had a hair of the dog? (Sample size=280)

	All	Male N=171	Female N=109
Yes	21.1%	24.0%	16.5%
No	78.9%	76.0%	83.5%

Curiously, those who proclaimed “never again!” were more likely to have tried a hair of the dog.

Q1SQ3: Has your hangover ever lasted two days? (Sample size=280)

	All	Male N=171	Female N=109
Yes	19.6%	24.0%	12.8%
No	80.4%	76.0%	87.2%

Perhaps not surprisingly, both the hair of the dog and the “never again” people were more likely to have had a two-day hangover.