世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking had a pair of surveys with a bit of a strange premise, what unfortunate characteristics one had inherited from one’s parents, for both women and men; then what unfortunate characteristics one doesn’t want to pass on to one’s children, again for both women and men.

Demographics

Over the 29th of February and the 1st of March 2012 1,175 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.4% of the sample were female, 10.0% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 29.3% in their thirties, 24.1% in their forties, 10.6% in their fifties, and 9.5% 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.

I’d not want to pass on my general shyness to any prodgeny I may have.

Ranking results

Q1A: What unfortunate characteristics have you inherited from your parents? (Sample size=721, female)

Rank		Score
1	I get annoyed easily	100
2	I’ve got no athletic ability	62.2
3	I’m a pessimist	54.5
4	I’m no good at making friends	43.7
5	I’m ostentatious	37.4
6	I blurt out whatever’s on my mind	35.1
7	I’m tone deaf	31.1
8	I soon give up whatever I start	27.9
9	I’m excessively cautious	24.8
10	I’m inattentive	23.4
11	I’m no good in the mornings	20.7
12	I cannot read the mood	20.3
13=	I’m an airhead	17.6
13=	My handwriting is awful	17.6
15	I’ve got no delicacy	17.1
16	I’ve got a terrible memory	16.7
17	My unfortunate timing	10.8
18	I’m timid with the opposite sex	9.9
19	I’m narsisistic to the point of pretensiousness	7.7
20	I’m slovenly with the opposite sex	5.9

Q1B: What unfortunate characteristics have you inherited from your parents? (Sample size=454, male)

Rank		Score
1	I get annoyed easily	100
2	I’m a pessimist	64.6
3	I’ve got no athletic ability	56.3
4	I’m no good at making friends	55.2
5	I’m ostentatious	43.8
6	I’m excessively cautious	37.5
7	I blurt out whatever’s on my mind	36.5
8	My handwriting is awful	35.4
9	I’m timid with the opposite sex	28.1
10=	I’m tone deaf	26.0
10=	I soon give up whatever I start	26.0
12=	I’ve got a terrible memory	22.9
12=	I cannot read the mood	22.9
12=	My unfortunate timing	22.9
12=	I’ve got no delicacy	22.9
16	I’m inattentive	19.8
17	I’m no good in the mornings	18.8
18	I’m slovenly with the opposite sex	12.5
19	I’m narsisistic to the point of pretensiousness	9.4
20	I’m an airhead	7.3

Q2A: What unfortunate characteristics do you not want your children to inherit? (Sample size=721, female)

Rank		Score
1	I get annoyed easily	100
2	I’m a pessimist	81.6
3	I’ve got no athletic ability	78.7
4	I’m no good at making friends	67.1
5	I soon give up whatever I start	58.3
6	I’m no good in the mornings	41.7
7	I’m ostentatious	41.4
8	I’m tone deaf	39.1
9	I’m inattentive	36.4
10	I blurt out whatever’s on my mind	35.0
11	I’m excessively cautious	33.5
12	I’ve got a terrible memory	32.9
13	My handwriting is awful	31.5
14	I cannot read the mood	25.1
15	I’m timid with the opposite sex	24.8
16	My unfortunate timing	22.2
17	I’ve got no delicacy	16.6
18	I’m narsisistic to the point of pretensiousness	14.0
19	I’m slovenly with the opposite sex	10.5
20	I’m an airhead	9.0

Q2B: What unfortunate characteristics do you not want your children to inherit? (Sample size=454, male)

Rank		Score
1	I’m a pessimist	100
2	I get annoyed easily	99.3
3=	I’m no good at making friends	79.9
3=	My handwriting is awful	79.9
5	I’ve got no athletic ability	73.9
6	I’m timid with the opposite sex	69.4
7	I soon give up whatever I start	62.7
8	I’m tone deaf	53.0
9	I’m ostentatious	50.0
10	I’m inattentive	46.3
11	I’m no good in the mornings	44.0
12	I’m excessively cautious	42.5
13	I’ve got a terrible memory	36.6
14	I cannot read the mood	32.1
15	I’ve got no delicacy	29.9
16	I blurt out whatever’s on my mind	28.4
17	My unfortunate timing	27.6
18=	I’m slovenly with the opposite sex	20.9
18=	I’m narsisistic to the point of pretensiousness	20.9
20	I’m an airhead	11.2