世論 What Japan Thinks

A recent survey from Marsh Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com looked at people’s home computer environment. This is a topic I previously covered almost two years ago.

Demographics

Between the 10th and 14th of September 2009 300 members of the Marsh monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was exactly 50:50 male and female, 1.0% were in their teens, 19.0% in their twenties, 20.0% in their thirties, 20.0% in their forties, 20.0% in their fifties, and 20.0% aged sixty or older.

Q2 is a bit vague in the wording, as especially for a portable machine, the room in which it is placed, which implies when not in use, and the room in which it is used may differ. I know when I take my work note PC home it sits in the study/spare room when I’m not using it, but I bring it through to the kitchen table when I want to use it. However my main desktop sits permanently at a computer desk in the study.

Which reminds me, I really should organise the area around my computer desk to be a proper homeworking setup…

Research results

Q1: How many computers do you have at home? (Sample size=300)

One	48.0%
Two	30.3%
Three	13.7%
Four or more	8.0%
None	0.0%

Q2: In which room is your main computer located? (Sample size=300)

Living room	52.7%
Own room	21.3%
Study	8.7%
Bedroom	5.7%
Children’s room	1.0%
Toilet	0.0%
Only have a one-room home	6.0%
Other room at home	2.7%
Other	2.0%

Q3: How do you mostly place and use your home computer? (Sample size=300)

On computer desk, sit at chair	31.0%
On ordinary table, sit at chair	33.3%
On computer desk, sit on floor	6.3%
On ordinary table, sit on floor	25.7%
Computer on floor, sit on floor	1.3%
Use lying down	1.3%
Other	1.0%