世論 What Japan Thinks

This interesting survey from iShare took a look at outcome of arguments, which revealed the rather unbelievable statistic of more women than men apologising…

Demographics

Between the 5th and 10th of March 2010 509 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 55.0% of the sample were male, 31.8% in their twenties, 32.6% in their thirties, and 35.6% in their forties.

Although Q1 and Q2 don’t directly specify who people are arguing with in private, one can assume that one’s partner is often the other combatant, although as mentioned above, the number of women self-reporting that they apologise seems rather high. However, Q2SQ balances it out with nearly twice as many men indicating that apologies don’t always calm the other side down.

Research results

Q1: If you have a row in your private life, can you talk normally with that person the next day? (Sample size=509)

	All	Male N=280	Female N=229
Always	10.8%	11.8%	9.6%
Usually	34.0%	31.1%	37.6%
Rarely	42.4%	44.6%	39.7%
Never	12.8%	12.5%	13.1%

Q2: If you have a row in your private life, who apologises? (Sample size=509)

	All	Male N=280	Female N=229
Always me (to SQ)	7.1%	8.6%	5.2%
Usually me (to SQ)	39.9%	37.9%	42.4%
Usually the other person	38.1%	35.7%	41.0%
Always the other person	14.9%	17.9%	11.4%

Q2SQ: Even after apologising, is the other person still angry? (Sample size=239)

	All	Male N=130	Female N=109
Frequently	3.3%	3.1%	3.7%
Sometimes	51.9%	63.1%	38.5%
Never	44.8%	33.8%	57.8%

Q3: Have you ever worked? (Sample size=509)

	All	Male N=280	Female N=229
Yes (to SQ1, SQ2)	93.1%	92.1%	94.3%
No	6.9%	7.9%	5.7%

Q3SQ1: If you have a row at work, can you talk normally with that person the next day? (Sample size=474)

	All	Male N=258	Female N=216
Always	20.0%	17.8%	22.7%
Usually	44.5%	43.8%	45.4%
Rarely	29.5%	31.4%	27.3%
Never	5.9%	7.0%	4.6%

Q3SQ2: If you have a row at work, who apologises? (Sample size=474)

	All	Male N=258	Female N=216
Always me (to SQ3)	10.8%	9.7%	12.0%
Usually me (to SQ3)	38.8%	38.0%	39.8%
Usually the other person	32.1%	33.7%	30.1%
Always the other person	18.4%	18.6%	18.1%

Q3SQ3: Even after apologising, is the other person still angry? (Sample size=235)

	All	Male N=123	Female N=112
Frequently	3.8%	3.3%	4.5%
Sometimes	39.1%	43.1%	34.8%
Never	57.0%	53.7%	60.7%