When Japanese singles envy their married friends

By Ken Y-N ( December 10, 2012 at 00:57) ? Filed under Polls, Rankings

goo Ranking published the results of a survey into when people envy their married friends.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of October 2012 1,064 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.2% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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.

Although this survey applied to both past and current moments, I have as I usually do translated everything in the present tense as it looks better that way.

I only really felt envy with regards to the second 3=, 6, 16 and the third 22. However, now I feel pride that many people appear to be envious (in a good way, I hasten to add) of us.

Ranking result

Q: When do you get envious of your married friends? (Sample size=1,064)

Rank	?	Score
1	When I see them looking happy at weekends taking their kids out as a family	100
2	When I attend their wedding ceremony	62.4
3=	When all my close friends end up married	54.7
3=	When I just cannot find a boyfriend/girlfriend	54.7
5	When I hear news that they are pregnant, gave birth	53.0
6	When I?ve got nothing on at the weekends and spend it all alone	50.4
7=	When I return home to a pitch-dark room	47.0
7=	When I talk with someone about how happy my marriend friend seems	47.0
9	When I am in bed with a cold and there?s no-one to look after me	44.4
10	When I break up with a long-term boyfriend/girlfriend	35.9
11	When I cannot see a future with my boyfriend/girlfriend	35.0
12	When I reach the age I wanted to get married by	32.5
13	When I first see them wearing their wedding ring	29.9
14=	When I am eating convenience store lunch box on my own	27.4
14=	When I see their happy family photo on Facebook, etc	27.4
16	When my parents ask ?Don?t you know anyone nice??	23.9
17	When I laugh at their married life moans	20.5
18	When I get a souvenier from their family holiday	19.7
19	When they start a new hobby due to their spouse?s influence	14,5
20	When I have a row with my boyfriend/girlfriend	13.7
21	When I pay taxes as a single person	11.1
22=	When their fashion sense improves due to their spouse?s influence	10.3
22=	When I realise they use being married as an excuse to refuse to go out drinking with the boss	10.3
22=	When I drink to excess by myself	10.3
25	When I cannot shake off an illicit love	8.5

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