世論 What Japan Thinks

I believe this is the first time I’ve translated a survey on this topic of fax machines, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com.

Demographics

Over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2010 1,089 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 16.0% in their fifites, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.

My fax machine is a combined fax, telephone (including wireless handset), colour scanner, photo printer, SD card reader and wireless printer which probably has another few functions hidden in the depths of its full-colour touch screen-controlled menu system! We get and send less than one fax a week, however…

Research results

Q1: Do you currently have a fax machine at home? (Sample size=1,089)

Yes, fax-only device	5.1%
Yes, combined telephone and fax	56.6%
No, neither (to SQ1)	36.7%
Don’t know (to SQ1)	1.7%

Q1SQ1: Did you previously have a fax machine at home? (Sample size=418)

Yes (to SQ2)	33.5%
No	62.9%
Don’t know	3.6%

Q1SQ2: Do you now attach documents to email instead of faxing? (Sample size=140)

Yes	80.7%
No	19.3%