世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Research recently performed a survey, reported on by japan.internet.com, into keeping track of the family budget, a job in Japan that usually falls upon the wife.

Demographics

etween the 25th and 28th of September 2013 1,090 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.8% of the sample were male, 13.5% in their teens, 15.4% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 17.3% in their forties, 14.7% in their fifties, and 17.5% aged sixty or older.

Research results

Q1: Do you keep track of the family accounts? (Sample size=1,090)

Yes (to SQ1)	41.4%
No	58.6%

Q1SQ1: How do you keep track of the family accounts? (Sample size=451, multiple answer)

PC Excel spreadsheet, etc	34.1%
Notebook, etc	25.9%
Commercial family budget ledger	25.3%
Smartphone app (to SQ2, SQ3)	16.4%
Feature phone feature	4.0%
Other	5.3%

Q1SQ2: What app do you mostly use to keep track of the family accounts? (Sample size=74)

Kantan Kakeibo (Simple family budget)	32.4%
Zaim	10.8%
ReceReco	6.8%
Kokomane	5.4%
Buta Kore	4.1%
Reshiipi!	2.7%
Dr. Wallet	1.4%
Other	36.5%

Q1SQ3: How often do you update that app’s data? (Sample size=74)

Every time I purchase something	40.5%
Once a day	33.8%
Once every two or three days	13.5%
Once a week	4.1%
Once a fortnight	2.7%
Once a month	2.7%
Less than that	2.7%