世論 What Japan Thinks

To follow up on my previous survey from O-Net and Rakuten, here is a pretty massive survey from Macromill Research looking at coming of age in 2011 – it was released on the 7th of January but didn’t appear in their feed until the 28th. This will be presented in three parts.

Demographics

Over the 21st and 22nd of December 2010 500 members of the Macromill monitor group born in 1990 or 1991 who would be coming of age in 2011 completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was exactly 50:50 male and female.

Not surprising in Q5 top of the desired jobs is working for the government – salaries are pretty good even at the local level, little overtime, and very little chance of being made redundant.

Research results

Q1: Do you feel relaxed about Japan’s future? (Sample size=500)

Extremely relaxed	1.2%
Somewhat relaxed	8.8%
Somewhat worried	59.2%
Extremely worried	30.8%

Q2: Do you think your generation wants to change Japan’s future? (Sample size=500)

Think so	19.0%
Perhaps think so	49.4%
Don’t really think so	25.6%
Don’t think so at all	6.0%

Q3: Do you have dreams for the future? (Sample size=500)

Yes	64.2%
Not at the moment	26.0%
Don’t know	9.8%

Q4: Do you have ideal adult role models? (Sample size=500)

	All	Male N=250	Female N=250
Yes (to SQ)	56.0%	52.4%	59.6%
No	44.0%	47.6%	40.4%

Q4SQ: Who are your ideal adult role models? (Sample size=280, multiple answer)

	All	Male N=131	Female N=149
Mother	37.5%	27.5%	46.3%
Father	35.4%	43.5%	28.2%
Teacher, lecturer	29.6%	29.0%	30.2%
Grandparent	13.2%	12.2%	14.1%
Boss, older person at work	12.5%	10.7%	14.1%
Actor, celebrity	12.1%	11.5%	12.8%
Older student at school	10.4%	8.4%	12.1%
Friend	10.0%	7.6%	12.1%
Historical figure	9.3%	12.2%	6.7%
Brother, sister	5.7%	6.9%	4.7%
Author, artist	5.7%	9.2%	2.7%
Other relative	5.0%	4.6%	5.4%
Politician	3.9%	6.9%	1.3%
Other	7.1%	6.1%	8.1%

Q5: What job would you like to do in the future? (Sample size=474, those not in full-time work)

	All	Male N=240	Female N=234
Civil servant	19.8%	20.0%	19.7%
Company employee (technical)	14.8%	20.4%	9.0%
Company employee (administrative)	8.6%	6.3%	11.1%
Company employee (service)	8.2%	6.7%	9.8%
Company employee (other)	3.4%	2.9%	3.8%
Self-employed	2.5%	1.7%	3.4%
Freelancer	1.5%	1.7%	1.3%
Housewife	1.5%	0.0%	3.0%
Company employee (manual labour)	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
Farmer, fisher	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
Other	10.5%	8.8%	12.4%
Don’t know	27.4%	29.6%	25.2%
Don’t plan to look for work	0.8%	1.3%	0.4%

Q6: Do you feel worried about job-hunting? (Sample size=340, those wanting to find work)

	All	Male N=166	Female N=174
Feel worried	50.3%	45.8%	54.6%
Feel a little worried	32.1%	33.7%	30.5%
Don’t really feel worried	11.8%	14.5%	9.2%
Don’t feel worried at all	5.9%	6.0%	5.7%