世論 What Japan Thinks

I’m not really much of a fan of voice calls in any shape or form, and I do find it difficult to hear properly on a mobile phone, but it seems I am very much in the minority in Japan judging by the results of this survey by JR Tokai Express Research Inc and reported on by japan.internet.com into voice calls.

Demographics

On the 9th of July 2008 331 members of the JR Tokai Express Research monitor group employed in either the public or private sector completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 77.0% of the sample were male, 8.2% in their twenties, 34.7% in their thirties, 44.1% in their forties, 12.4% in their fifties, and 0.6% in their sixties.

My use of my home phone is limited to once every two weeks when I have a midnight teleconference, and my mobile phone to perhaps once a month when I need to contact my wife more directly than with email.
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As mobile phone’s memory capacities increase, our need to remember phone numbers decreases. To find out in detail, iShare performed a survey into mobile phone dependence.

Demographics

Between the 11th and 13th of March 2008 889 members of the free email forwarding service CLUB BBQ completed an internet-based questionnaire. 54.6% were male, 23.2% were in their twenties and 76.7% in their thirties. 47.9% were married, and 22.9% lived alone. The respondents were pre-screened so everyone had a mobile phone.

I can only remember the last four digits of my mobile phone, my full home number, but I haven’t a clue what my wife’s is! I struggle to remember my work number, and I haven’t the slightest idea what my own personal extension number is!
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