世論 What Japan Thinks

This weekend has seen the start of the annual pilgramage away from the cities to one’s hometown, so goo Ranking decided to take a look at when people feel “It’s time I returned” after spending a few summer days with their parents in the countryside.

Demographics

From the 6th to the 9th of July 2012 1,016 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.0% of the sample were female, 9.9% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 27.0% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 10.3% 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.

When I lived in Scotland I enjoyed going home for Christmas, but I suppose I felt I wanted to return when I ran out of conversation topics! However, now living on the other side of the world, the chances for returning are few and the time always feels so short, so my answer to the question now would be “Never!”

Ranking result

Q: When do you feel “It’s time I returned” after spending a few summer days with your parents in the countryside? (Sample size=1,016)

Rank		Score
1	When I want to pop out to the shops but getting around is a problem	100
2	When there are no shops selling what I want to buy	79.2
3	When there’s only a few TV channels, and they don’t show the programs I want to watch	69.8
4	When spending days lazing about gets tedious	67.1
5	When there are few entertainment venues to go to	65.0
6	When there’s no internet at my parents, and I can only go online with my mobile	42.3
7	When I feel suffocated having absolutely no time to myself	33.2
8	When there are no pubs nearby to pop out for a drink at	20.5
9	When I feel sad as my parents getting old	18.1
10	When I end up rowing with my family over trivial matters	17.5
11	When my parents thoroughly grill me on city life	17.3
12	When there’s a fun-sounding event in the city that I want to participate in	16.4
13	When my relatives’ children get noisy and start to irritate me	16.2
14=	When I meet old friends but our conversations don’t spark	15.9
14=	When all the neighbours come round one after the other and I get tired of talking to them all	15.9
16	When all my old friends are married and I cannot meet up with them	15.4
17	When the food doesn’t suit my palette	13.7
18	When I talk to the locals and feel their tactlessly unpleasant stand-offishness	13.2
19	When it’s too quiet and I long for the buzz of the city	12.4
20	When I get fed up asking my parents about how my friends are these days	11.6