survey results

8 people answered
three of them are 19, 20, and 25 year old
three of them are male
three of them are Japanese
two of them are living in Japan

one person answered marriage could be between the same gender.

two of them are heterosexual
one of them is homosexual

66.7% of them said they want children
33.3% said they don't want children

100% of them see information of SSM on online news paper
75% of them see on printed news paper and  25% said no
100% of them see information of SSM on TV
25% of them see information of SSM on radio and 75% said no

75% of them said SSM should be legal
25% said no

advantages of SSM

• power of law, child
• fulfill their feelings and emotions
• the couples can be happy

disadvantages of SSM

• prejudice
• cannot bear child, they could only adapt
• they will have to face the negative aspect of the society
• cannot bear child

SURVEY RESULTS

I took this survey in my IE class and yahoogroups. The groups’ names are ‘gayhumanrights’ and ‘gaydads.’ But I couldn’t any responses from them, so I analyzed this survey using only responses of classmates. I got 10 people as respondents.

Nationality:
American…one person
Japanese…9 people

Age:
19-year-old…3 people
20-year-old…3 people
25-year-old…one person
41-year-old…one person
(two people skipped this question)

The country of current residence:
Japan…9 people
US…one person


Are you interested in the issu of same-sex marriage?
75%...Yes
25%...No

Q3.How do you feel about same-sex marriage?
75%...support
25%...oppose

This result was the same with what I learned in the internet article. The article said young people tend to support same-sex marriage. The average of this survey was 22-year-old, so I think the tendency was right.


Q4. Please tell us the reason for your support or opposition.

Support: equal protection and equal rights for ALL families.
the marriage system should be free.
It’s their problem so we shouldn’t say it’s good or it’s bad

Oppose: Can’t they be just friend in the first place?


Q5.Dose your country allow same-sex marriage?
Yes...0%
No...75%
I don't know...25%

Most of the respondents were Japanese, so the result was almost ‘NO.’


Q6. If your answer to question 5 was 'YES', do you know when it was allowed?

US (government) don’t allow same-sex marriage but some states allow it.


Q7. If your answer to question 5 was 'NO', tell us why it's banned in your country.
Because of law
Because of religion
Because of national opinion


Q8. Are there any same-sex couples around you?
Yes...50%
No...50%


Q9. What comes to your mind first when you hear the term same-sex marriage? It is about...
A Law...50%
A children...0%
A lifestyle...50%
A religion...0%

Nobody gave the word ‘chidren’ and ’religion.’ The main cause is that nationality and age. The respondents were all young. I guess if there are mothers or fathers in them, ‘children’ was chose. And Japan has tolerant attitude toward religion compared to other religions, such as Christianity or Islam, so I think nobody gave the word.


Q10. If your child, relative, or friend told you that he/she wanted to have a same-sex marriage, what would you do?
support...50%
oppose...0%
talk it over...50%

I was surprised to see this chart because nobody oppose their familiar people’s same-sex marriage. I thought that it is good result because people who took this survey are in sympathy with this issue.