世論 What Japan Thinks

The latest survey reported on by iShare was a short look at actions to help towards revitalisation of Tohoku following last month’s earthquake.

Demographics

On the first of April 2011 853 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.8% of the sample were male, 5.5% in their twenties, 47.5% in their thirties, and 47.0% in their forties,

If you haven’t given cash, or want to give some more, here is my usual list of charities. I personally think volunteering is the best way to help in the future, and it’s what I’d like to do most myself.

US Red Cross
UK Red Cross
Canada Red Cross
Japan Red Cross
Medecins Sans Frontieres.

Research results

Q1: Since the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster on March 11th, have you personally performed any actions to help towards revitalisation of the area? (Sample size=853)

	All	Male N=519	Female N=334
Yes (to SQ)	63.5%	58.6%	71.3%
Not yet	36.5%	41.4%	28.7%

Q1SQ: What actions have you performed to help towards revitalisation of the area? (Sample size=542)

	All	Male N=304	Female N=238
Donated money	93.9%	94.1%	93.7%
Sent aid item	12.0%	9.9%	14.7%
Collected money	5.4%	5.6%	5.0%
Collected aid items	4.2%	4.6%	3.8%
Gave blood	3.7%	3.0%	4.6%
Performed at a charity event	3.3%	3.9%	2.5%
Participated in volunteer activities	2.2%	3.3%	0.8%
Organised a charity event	1.7%	2.0%	1.3%
Organised volunteers	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
Other	5.4%	3.3%	8.0%

Q2: Are you thinking about performing any (more) actions to help towards revitalisation of the area? (Sample size=853)

	All	Male N=519	Female N=334
Plan to do so	28.6%	26.2%	32.3%
Perhaps will do so	54.3%	53.6%	55.4%
Don’t think I will	17.1%	20.2%	12.3%