世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Research recently took a look at online language study services. The results of this survey were reported by japan.internet.com.

Demographics

Between the 3rd and 5th of February 2011 1,088 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.8% in their teens, 17.5% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.4% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older.

I must at this point mention my online pal Koichi at Tofugu and TextFugu, where he runs a Japanese-language study course. It’s not free, and although I’ve never used it it does seem to be very highly rated, and he even offers a 110% moneyback guarantee!

Research results

Q1: Do you know that there are sites offering online language study services? (Sample size=1,088)

Yes (to SQ1)	39.2%
No	60.8%

Q1SQ1: Do you currently use an online language study service? (Sample size=427)

Yes (to SQ2)	10.3%
No	89.7%

Q1SQ2: Is (are) the online language study service you use free or paid? (Sample size=44)

Paid	27.3%
Free	63.6%
Both paid and free	4.5%
Don’t know	4.5%

If we put everything together into a single question, we get:

Q1+SQ1+SQ2: Do you use a free or paid online language study service? (Sample size=1,088)

Paid	1.1%
Free	2.6%
Both paid and free	0.2%
Don’t know	0.2%
Don’t use such a service	35.2%
Don’t know of such a service	60.8%