世論 What Japan Thinks

Or indeed man, what symptoms are there? That was the question from goo Ranking, which was answered by both men and women.

Demographics

Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

One obvious (perhaps “obvious” is not really the best word to use) symptom for men has probably been removed from their results on the grounds of taste, but if you recall the next line from the Dr Hook hit in the title, you will catch my drift. Anyway, on with the results!

Ranking results

Q: What are the symptoms of being in love? (Sample size=588, female)

Rank		Score
1	Run up a huge phone bill	100
2	Go and get a compatibility fortune telling	87.3
3	Go flat out to polish myself up	64.7
4	Look at myself in the mirror more	63.8
5	Cannot concentrate	62.0
6	Cannot get into the swing of work, homework, etc	60.2
7	Splurge out on new clothes	52.0
8	Imagine what it would be like when I take his name	50.7
9	Sigh	49.8
10	Google him	46.2
11	Buy a love charm	44.3
12	Diet	40.7
13=	Cannot sleep	40.3
13=	Start reading, watching more love stories	40.3
13=	Grin all the time	40.3
16	Dream about him	39.8
17	Cannot find any eagerness to get anything done	32.1
18	Lose my appetite	31.2
19	Cannot stop fidgetting	29.9
20	Start believing in spells and charms	24.4

Q: What are the symptoms of being in love? (Sample size=583, male)

Rank		Score
1	Run up a huge phone bill	100
2	Cannot concentrate	95.1
3	Cannot get into the swing of work, homework, etc	82.5
4	Go and get a compatibility fortune telling	74.8
5	Sigh	60.8
6	Google her	56.6
7	Cannot stop fidgetting	56.6
8	Cannot find any eagerness to get anything done	55.2
9	Cannot sleep	51.7
10	Go flat out to polish myself up	48.3
11	Look at myself in the mirror more	41.3
12	Dream about her	39.9
13	Grin all the time	36.4
14=	Splurge out on new clothes	26.6
14=	Imagine what it would be like when she takes my name	26.6
16=	Buy a love charm	25.2
16=	Absent-mindedly write her name on paper	25.2
18	Lose my appetite	23.8
19=	Start reading, watching more love stories	16.8
19=	End up loitering about around her house	16.8