世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Research took a look at usage of mobile phones and other devices when using public transport, in a report featured on japan.internet.com.

Demographics

Between the 28th of February and the 1st of March 2012 1,086 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.2% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.9% in their thirties, 15.7% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 11.6% aged sixty or older.

I spend the best part of two hours a day on trains, and it’s mostly email and games, in particular Andoku.

Research results

Q1: What kind of mobile terminal do you mostly use? (Sample size=1,086)

Ordinary mobile phone (feature phone) (to SQ1)	69.0%
Smartphone (to SQ1)	26.6%
Other mobile device (to SQ1)	0.4%
Don’t use any	4.0%

Next, these 1,042 who used a mobile device were asked what kinds of public transport they used. 67.3% said they used trains, 36.4% busses, and 12.3% taxis. The report mentioned that 760 public transport users answered the next question, so that means that 27.1% of the sample do not use any public transport.

The next question was how long people spent on average per day on public transport. 27.4% said 10 to 30 minutes, and 26.6% 30 minutes to an hour.

Q2: What do you do on your mobile phone (including smartphone) when travelling in public transport? (Sample size=760, multiple answer)

	Votes	Percentage
Check email	678	89.2%
Read news	352	46.3%
Check schedule	247	32.5%
View Twitter, Facebook, other SNS	201	26.4%
Play games	179	23.6%
View blogs	174	22.9%
Listen to music	171	22.5%
Check electronic dictionary	31	4.1%
Other	37	4.9%
Don’t use it	55	7.2%

The full survey also asked about what apps people used on the move, and what tools other than phones they used.