世論 What Japan Thinks

Today is Health and Fitness Day in Japan, but as I don’t have any interesting sports-related surveys to hand, instead I’ll present a look by goo Research, in conjunction with President magazine, at married couples’ lifestyles.

Demographics

At some undefined point in time 3,208 married members of the goo Research monitor group aged between 40 and 69 completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample consisted of 1,602 husbands and 1,606 wives.

My wife does various internet-based questionnaires herself, and recently she showed me one user-generated poll asking a question to the effect of “What would you think if your spouse came up behind you and gave you a hug?” The most popular answers includes yelling, starting an argument, worrying that some bad news was coming, etc. Being happy about your spouse’s expression of love came very low down the list!

Research results

Q1: Do you feel love from your spouse? (Sample size=3,208)

	Male N=1,602	Female N=1,606
Yes	16.0%	18.9%
Somewhat	47.4%	42.7%
Not really	25.0%	23.3%
Not at all	11.5%	15.1%

Q2: Do you view your spouse as a member of the opposite sex? (Sample size=3,208)

	Male N=1,602	Female N=1,606
Yes	18.7%	9.2%
Somewhat	40.3%	24.5%
Not really	27.5%	37.2%
Not at all	13.5%	29.1%

Q3: Could you look after your spouse full-time? (Sample size=3,208)

	Male N=1,602	Female N=1,606
Yes	31.2%	19.9%
Somewhat	51.6%	48.6%
Not really	11.8%	20.5%
Not at all	5.4%	11.0%