Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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 believe this survey was for males only.
Number three, not being able to read the mood, is one of my favourite sketches from The Fast Show
Here’s a fun survey from goo Ranking that would be even better if it were split by sex, but even though it isn’t you can probably guess which answers each sex tended to choose in this survey into what things that your spouse does that get you irritated.
Demographics
Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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 survey was only for married people, but that figure was not reported.
The one that irritates me the most is her clipping her nails; I hate anyone using nail clippers and it really sets my teeth on edge. Actually, I don’t think I’ve told her straight out it annoys me so she should only do it when I’m not in the house, although she does know that it does annoy me.
Just a quick note to say that along with most of the rest of Japan I’m on holiday until next Sunday, so posts may be rather intermittent. I’ve got a number of good surveys that need translating, but whether or not I can find the time…
In the meantime, you can catch me on Google Plus where I am reasonably active. Drop me a note if you want an invite.
A recent survey from goo Research into electronic money used a rather narrow demographic of young male salarymen to produce its results.
Demographics
Between the 26th and 28th of July 2011 1,006 male members of the goo Reseach monitor group who lived in the Tokyo metropolitan area and were in full-time employment and had credit cards completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was 100% male, with 25.1% aged between 30 and 34, 25.1% between 35 and 39, 25.0% between 40 and 44, and 24.8% between 45 and 49 years old.
My main credit card also works for electronic cash and my train ticket in postpay mode. I’m also very aware of gathering points, as at Hankyu group shops they print out your current point totals on the card when you shop. For my other credit cards, points are only printed on the monthly statements, so I tend to ignore them.
Just as a note, prepay systems are where you fill up your card with cash (some systems automatically debit your credit card) then spend the balance sitting in the card. Postpay systems are more like ordinary credit cards; there is no cash in your card, and at the end of the month you get a statement summarising all your transactions. I’m a postpay fan myself. Read the rest of this entry »
goo Research started another new regular survey series that is actually just a renaming of an old series, changing title from “mobile phone upgrade needs” to “mobile phone and smartphone upgrading”. This survey was reported on by japan.internet.com and far less interesting than the headline suggests.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 26th of July 2011 1,001 mobile phone-owning members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were female, 1.7% in their teens, 12.5% in their twenties, 29.7% in their thirties, 28.7% in their forties, 27.5% aged fifty or older.
I want a smartphone whenever I get round to upgrading, and if docomo bring out something like the SoftBank Android device in the video embedded below, I’d buy it:
Between the 24th and 27th of June 2011 1,871 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service who had downloaded an app to their smartphone completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 84.7% of the sample were male, 5.4% in their twenties, 43.6% in their thirties, 40.0% in their forties, and 11.0% in their fifties.
Not having a smartphone myself, and not having played with such an app on someone else’s smartphone, I cannot really make any comment here! Read the rest of this entry »
First, 3,954 people over the age of twenty were selected at random from voters polls, but the samples were weighted by size of each of the electricity generating companies’ customer base. These 3,954 were approached for face-to-face interviews between the 13th and 22nd of May 2011, and 1,308 people, or 33.1%, actually completed the survey. 54.1% of the sample were female, 11.4% in their twenties, 18.7% in their thirties, 15.7% in their forties, 16.8% in their fifties, 18.3% in their sixties, and 19.7% aged seventy or older.
I’m surprised that the level of trust just manages to pass the average point even now, especially in the earthquake-affected area, and given the much lower safety rating of nuclear power generation. Perhaps they have been very quick to repair powerlines and restore services to affected areas? Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a fun wee survey from goo Ranking, looking at the top ten jobs that Japanese wanted to do when they were a child, for both boys and girls.
Demographics
Over the 24th and 24th of May 2011 1,085 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.5% of the sample were male, 11.0% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.5% in their thirties, 25.1% in their forties, 12.6% in their fifties, and 8.6% 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’m actually surprised by the results being a bit more adult that when I was a kid. Doctors, football players, pilots and spacemen was as far as we got, none of this author business or translators or diplomats. However, I do suspect there is a little bit of selective memory going on, as there are no train drivers for the boys.
When my brother was in the last year at primary school, I think it was, he wrote an essay on what he wanted to be; a dog eutheniser at the police pound. Read the rest of this entry »
Actually, this survey would be more accurately headlined “Nuclear power last year and 9 years hence” as it was conducted last September, well before everything went all pear-shaped in Fukushima. The official title for this survey from Central Research Service Inc was the environment and energy problems.
Demographics
At some point in September 2010, 3,000 people over the age of twenty selected at random from the Kansai prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama and Shiga and 1,500 people from Fukui prefecture (where all Kansai’s nuclear reactors are situated) were sent a survey by post. 1,082 people from Kansai (36%) and 569 (38%) from Fukui returned the completed survey. A breakdown by age and sex was not reported.
The popular image of Japan is often as a high-tech paradise, but the results of surveys like this one from goo Research into dedicated word processing devices (reported on by japan.internet.com) makes one scratch one’s head trying to work out why the results were what they were.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 21st of July 2011 1,095 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
The Pomera is a nifty bit of mechanical engineering (I still have fond memories of my Psion 5!) but hopelessly overpriced, currently sitting at about 20,000 yen for a text-based monochrome screen with just 89 megabytes of memory. There is the argument that a dedicated word processor frees you from distractions, but on PCs, iPhones and Androids you can get hold of minimalist full-screen writing applications that give you a clean space to write. Now that I’m writing about this, I really should grab a copy for myself for drafting blog articles! Read the rest of this entry »
A recent survey from goo Research into 
goo Research started another new regular survey series that is actually just a renaming of an old series, changing title from “mobile phone upgrade needs” to 
iShare recently took a look at the 
Actually, this survey would be more accurately headlined “Nuclear power last year and 9 years hence” as it was conducted last September, well before everything went all pear-shaped in Fukushima. The official title for this survey from Central Research Service Inc was 
The popular image of Japan is often as a high-tech paradise, but the results of surveys like this one from goo Research into 
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