世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking performed a survey looking at what off-putting characteristics there are of single men and women still living with their parents.

Demographics

Between the 2nd and 5th of May 2013 1,088 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were male, 23.3% in their teens, 24.4% in their twenties, 25.5% in their thirties, and 26.8% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. 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 not really sure how to illustrate this – Japanese houses don’t tend to have basements for these characters to lurk in! A few years ago the buzzword parasite single was doing the rounds to describe people who particularly display characteristic number 2 below.
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Today, Christmas Eve, is the big day in Japan, where families gather around the hearth kotatsu to enjoy a KFC party bucket, and young couples go on dates. But, goo Ranking wondered, what do people without dates do, more particularly what do people do so as not to let on they are single this Christmas. I suppose a more appropriate title would be “How to pretend you have a date on Christmas Eve”, though.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 20th of October 2011 1,092 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 11.2% in their teens, 16.2% in their twenties, 25.7% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 11.5% 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.

It’s a pretty sad bunch of answers, so instead have a Rainbow Christmas:

By the way, my night tonight is with yesterday’s reheated mushroom chowder and rice, with some RL Waffles for dessert.
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