世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s an interesting look from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into USB-connected peripherals.

Demographics

Over the 12th and 13th of November 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 16.5% were in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.3% int heir forties, 15.2% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.

Note, many of the links in Q1SQ1 below link to fine Christmas stocking fillers like this one:

And some link to utter tat…

Research results

Q1: Do you use your home computer’s USB ports? (Sample size=1,077)

Yes (to SQs)	81.3%
No	9.5%
Don’t know	4.1%
Don’t know what USB is	4.7%
Don’t have a home computer	0.4%

Q1SQ1: What USB-connected peripherals do you use? (Sample size=876, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Mouse	727	83.0%
Printer	615	70.2%
Flash memory	607	69.3%
Recharging cable for mobile phone, iPod, etc	367	41.9%
Keyboard	355	40.5%
External hard disk	349	39.8%
Card reader	219	25.0%
Modem	123	14.0%
Speakers	110	12.6%
Game controller	99	11.3%
Web camera	90	10.3%
Optical disk drive	86	9.8%
One seg, terrestrial digital television tuner	60	6.8%
Other	55	6.3%

Q1SQ2: How many USB peripherals do you usually have connected? (Sample size=876)

Zero	6.6%
One or two	47.0%
Three or four	32.0%
Five or six	10.5%
Seven or eight	2.1%
Nine or ten	1.1%
Eleven or more	0.7%

Now, those in Q1 who answered Yes, No, or Don’t know were asked the following.

Q2: What is the ideal number of USB ports for you? (Sample size=1,022)

One	6.9%
Two	7.5%
Three	14.2%
Four	22.5%
Five	16.7%
Six	17.1%
Seven	1.8%
Eight	8.2%
Nine	0.1%
Ten or more	4.9%