世論 What Japan Thinks

The first of today’s goo Rankings is on what prideful talk from your friends turns you off completely, for both men getting bored and women getting bored.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 26th of October 2009 1,162 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 62.9% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 20.7% in their twenties, 30.8% in their thirties, 21.9% in their forties, 9.0% in their fifties, and 7.0% aged sixty or older.

Looking at the lists below, one must suspect that there more than a hint of a tinge of jealousy in the things people are saying they are bored by!

Ranking result

Q: What friend’s prideful boasting do you find boring? (Sample size=431, male)

Rank		Score
1	How rich they are	100
2	How attractive they are to the opposite sex	94.3
3	How many brand items they have	74.7
4	How well-known they are	72.2
5	How unlucky they are	64.6
6	How wonderful their partner is	63.9
7	How busy they are	53.2
8	How wonderful their children are	48.7
9	How well-informed they are	47.5
10	How they don’t sleep	46.2
11	How ill they are	41.8
12	How wonderful their car is	36.7
13	How wonderful their pet is	35.4
14	How many friends they have	33.5
15	How poor they have	31.6
16	How muscular they are	24.7
17	How often they have overseas business trips	24.7
18	How many air miles they have	20.9
19	How they don’t eat	17.1
20	How much they buy	10.8

Q: What friend’s prideful boasting do you find boring? (Sample size=731, female)

Rank		Score
1	How attractive they are to the opposite sex	100
2	How unlucky they are	83.7
3	How rich they are	83.3
4	How well-known they are	75.6
5	How wonderful their children are	73.1
6	How many brand items they have	67.3
7	How wonderful their partner is	64.1
8	How ill they are	52.2
9	How busy they are	49.7
10	How many friends they have	38.5
11	How they don’t sleep	37.5
12	How wonderful their pet is	32.1
13	How poor they have	31.4
14	How they don’t eat	29.5
15	How well-informed they are	26.6
16	How wonderful their car is	20.8
17	How muscular they are	19.9
18	How often they have overseas business trips	18.6
19	How much they buy	16.3
20	How many air miles they have	15.1