世論 What Japan Thinks

I’m back from a short holiday, just in time for the New Year break. I should keep blogging during this week, however, so I’ll start off the way every week starts, with goo Ranking looking at surprise presents from boyfriends that women would flee from.

Demographics

Between the 5th and 7th of November 2012 1,049 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.8% of the sample were female, 10.2% in their teens, 14.6% in their twenties, 27.5% in their thirties, 25.1% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 11.7% 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. This question was for the women only.

I think if number 12 was professionally done, in particular the various mascot characters (excluding the Yubari Melon Bear, perhaps), it would be nice, but on the other hand if it was him dressed up in a bargain-basement Pikachu set I could well understand the reluctance!

Regarding number 8, a friend of mine once used a life-sized giant turtle toy as a successful chat-up device, but that’s another story…

Ranking result

Q: What sort of surprise present would you just not want to get from your boyfriend? (Sample size=617, female)

Rank		Score
1	CD of him singing a love song	100
2	Poem he wrote himself	96.8
3	Past its sell-by date food	87.6
4	Him singing a song in a restaurant, etc, with everyone watching	79.4
5	Portrait photo of himself	69.9
6	Street flash mob	54.3
7	Message on a public illuminated sign	48.9
8	A huge cuddly toy	45.0
9	Skydiving	43.3
10	Video letter sent via email	41.8
11	Ring in a wine glass	35.8
12	Present delivered by someone in an animal, other character suit	33.7
13	One rose for each year of my age	31.2
14	Huge pile of sweets	19.9
15	City night lights helicopter ride	12.8