Vast majority sockless at home in summer
iShare recently took a look at socks or no socks at home, and came up with some surprising figures.
Demographics
Between the 25th and 30th of March 2010 499 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.9% of the sample were male, 30.5% in their twenties, 31.9% in their thirties, and 37.7% in their forties.
I never go sockless at home; wearing slippers with no socks just doesn’t feel right, and barefoot is not really an option on wood veneer flooring. Anyway, wifey would probably accuse me of spreading athlete’s foot germs around the house, as we’ve watched television programs (sponsored by the makers of OTC creams for said disease, no doubt) about the hidden dangers of second-hand germs spread through bare feet. I do change my socks as soon as I get home, however.
Some of the reasons given for socks in the summer were worried about dust, people sufferring from cold feet, and feeling relaxed with socks; conversely the sockless people worried about sweatiness, heat in general, and were just bothered by their socks. In the winter, reasons for socklessness included feeling more relaxed with unconstrained feet, just being in the habit of it, and just liking being barefoot.
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