世論 What Japan Thinks

I’ll round out the roundup of the year through rankings with a look by goo Ranking at the highs and lows in love for 2009.

Demographics

On the 19th of November 2009 1,166 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 59.9% of the sample were female, 13.4% in their teens, 20.6% in their twenties, 28.2% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 8.3% in their fifties, and 6.3% aged sixty or older. Given the subject matter of the survey, I presume only unmarried members of the sample completed it.

I’m married, so I’m not allowed to have any highs or lows!

Ranking results

Q1: What were the happy events in love this year? (Sample size=1,166)

Rank		Score
1	Had a year of a trouble-free relationship	100
2	Could go on a date with someone I like	67.6
3	Got into a relationship	63.2
4	Got into a relationship after being single for a long time	60.3
5	Was proposed to	36.8
6	Got a contact email address, telephone number for someone I live	33.8
7	A number of people made moves on me	30.9
8	Was introduced to my partner’s parents	27.9
9	Became an email friend of someone I like	25.0
10	Didn’t have any periods of being single	23.5

Q1: What were the unhappy events in love this year? (Sample size=1,166)

Rank		Score
1	Didn’t get a boyfriend/girlfriend	100
2	Didn’t feel a spark with anyone	83.3
3	There were many days when I didn’t get any email	52.4
4	Got dumped	44.0
5	Kept getting asked out by people I didn’t like	29.8
6	Grew distant from my partner	23.8
7=	Went on dates, but just ended up spending money	21.4
7=	Got into a relationship, but it was just unrequited love	21.4
9	I passed the date by which I’d hoped to be married by	20.2
10	Partner continued to be cool about marriage	10.7