世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a bit of a curious survey from iShare, looking at various aspects of dreaming.

Demographics

Between the 10th and 15th of December 2009 571 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.7% of the sample were male, 32.4% in their twenties, 29.2% in their thirties, and 38.4% in their forties.

I’m not really sure if I dream in colour or black and white. I don’t really see many dreams these days, but I cannot really picture how I could tell what colour my dream was. Is this just me?

Oh, and “Do you dream in colour?” is a song I liked from Bill Nelson:

Oooh, that brings back memories!

Research results

Q1: Do you see dreams when you sleep? (Sample size=571)

	All	Male N=295	Female N=276
Frequently	15.6%	10.8%	20.7%
Sometimes	66.0%	66.8%	65.2%
Almost never	18.4%	22.4%	14.1%

Q2: Do you dream in colour? (Sample size=571)

	All	Male N=295	Female N=276
Always colour	31.0%	28.8%	33.3%
Mostly colour	47.5%	42.0%	53.3%
Mostly black and white	15.8%	21.0%	10.1%
Always black and white	5.8%	8.1%	3.3%

Q3: Have you ever dreamed of someone famous? (Sample size=571)

	All	Male N=295	Female N=276
Yes (to SQ)	20.5%	10.8%	30.8%
No	79.5%	89.2%	69.2%

Q3SQ: Do you dream of famous people you like or dislike? (Sample size=117)

	All	Male N=32	Female N=85
Always famous people I like	17.9%	12.5%	20.0%
Mostly famous people I like	79.5%	78.1%	80.0%
Mostly famous people I dislike	2.6%	9.4%	0.0%
Always famous people I dislike	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Q4: Has someone you like ever appeared in a dream? (Sample size=571)

	All	Male N=295	Female N=276
Yes	66.7%	62.7%	71.0%
No	33.3%	37.3%	29.0%

Those who dream in colour are much more likely to see someone they like in a deam than those in black and white, 74.6% to 21.2%.

Q5: Has someone of the opposite sex you didn’t particularly like appear in a dream, and then afterwards you’ve felt just a little bit interested in them? (Sample size=571)

	All	Male N=295	Female N=276
Yes	22.9%	22.0%	23.9%
No	77.1%	78.0%	76.1%

Those who dream in colour seem to be more susceptible to influence from their dreams.