Feng Shui interior decoration wanted by over one in three Japanese women

Sadly the most important question, “Do you think Feng Shui is a load of cobblers?” was not asked, although given the love of blood typing, this recent survey from iShare into Feng Shui would probably have shown a disappointingly high percentage of believers.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 10th of January 2009 412 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private online questionnaire. 55.1% of the sample were male, 13.3% in their twenties, 46.8% in their thirties, 32.3% in their forties, and 7.5% either in their teens or aged fifty or older.

In Japanese Feng Shui is written using the same wind and water characters as for Chinese, but the pronounciation is slightly different, Fuu Sui. The biggest Feng Shui con artist practitioner in Japan is Doctor Copa, whose advise mostly seems to consist of sticking ugly single-colour plastic objects in strategic locations.

Research results

Q1: Have you Feng Shui-ed your home, items you carry, etc? (Sample size=412)

	All	Male N=227	Female N=185
Yes	9.2%	4.4%	15.1%
No	90.8%	95.6%	84.9%

Q2: Would you like to Feng Shui your home? (Sample size=412)

	All	Male N=227	Female N=185
Yes (to SQ)	27.7%	21.6%	35.1%
No	72.3%	78.4%	64.9%

Q2SQ: For what kind of luck would you like to Feng Shui your home? (Sample size=114, multiple answer)

	All	Male N=49	Female N=65
Money	87.7%	91.8%	84.6%
Work	56.1%	57.1%	55.4%
Family	53.5%	51.0%	55.4%
Love	36.8%	46.9%	29.2%
Other	7.0%	2.0%	10.8%