世論 What Japan Thinks

I read recently that part of the new citizenship requirements for the UK is learning how to queue, so judging by this survey into queue-jumping from iShare, similar lessons may be needed in Japan.

Demographics

Between the 27th of January and 1st of February 2010 550 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.7% of the sample were male, 30.2% in their twenties, 34.5% in their thirties, and 35.3% in their forties.

I’m too timid to scold queue-jumpers, although it is something I very rarely see in Japan. I once accidentally jumped a queue at a hospital and got shoved out by someone behind me…

Research results

Q1: Have you got a short temper? (Sample size=550)

	All	Male N=301	Female N=249
Very short temper	10.9%	12.3%	9.2%
Quite short temper	52.2%	50.8%	53.8%
Quite patient	30.5%	28.2%	33.3%
Very patient	6.4%	8.6%	3.6%

Q2: Have you ever seen anyone jumping a queue you’ve been lined up in? (Sample size=550)

	All	Male N=301	Female N=249
Yes (to SQs)	71.1%	62.1%	81.9%
No	28.9%	37.9%	18.1%

The shorter the temper the more likely people were to have experienced (or perhaps recalled) a queue-jumper.

Q2SQ1: Have you ever seen anyone being scolded for jumping a queue you’ve been lined up in? (Sample size=391)

	All	Male N=187	Female N=204
Yes	73.1%	67.4%	78.4%
No	26.9%	32.6%	21.6%

Q2SQ2: Do you scold people for jumping a queue you’ve been lined up in? (Sample size=391)

	All	Male N=187	Female N=204
Always scold	12.8%	16.0%	9.8%
Sometimes scold	19.4%	17.6%	21.1%
Have scolded	35.5%	36.9%	34.3%
Never scold	32.2%	29.4%	34.8%

The shorter the temper, the more likely people were to scold.

Q3: What do you most often do when queueing by yourself? (Sample size=550)

	All	Male N=301	Female N=249
Surf internet on mobile	18.2%	19.3%	16.9%
Just stand around looking border	17.8%	19.6%	15.7%
People watching	15.1%	12.3%	18.5%
Think about things	11.3%	12.6%	9.6%
Mobile phone email	10.0%	9.0%	11.2%
Listen to portable audio player	8.5%	7.3%	10.0%
Play mobile phone games	5.1%	5.0%	5.2%
Look at the view	4.7%	5.6%	3.6%
Play on portable games machine	3.1%	3.3%	2.8%
Listen to mobile phone audio player	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
Talk on mobile phone	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
Other	5.1%	4.7%	5.6%