When Do Japanese Women Need Someone?

When do you want someone by your side? (Sample size=554, women)

Rank		Score
1	When I have a cold	100
2	When I’m invited to a party on my own	88.2
3	When I’m in hospital	71.4
4	When the streets are full of illuminations	62.6
5	When I’m feeling down because work isn’t going well	61.8
6	When I can’t sleep because of things going bump in the night	60.9
7	When looking at breathtaking scenery	55.5
8	When something I hate happens at work	54.6
9	When I’ve cooked something wonderful	50.8
10	When I’m having a hot-pot	42.0
11	When I bump into a friend with a partner in tow	36.1
12	When returning to my dark room in the evening	35.7
13	After spending a day off sitting around the house	34.9
14	When I hear a Christmas song	28.6
15	When friends talk about love	23.9
16	When I’m drinking	22.7
17	When watching a program about love	20.6
18	When watching comedy and my solo laughs echo around the room	15.1
19	When I realise I’ve stopped paying attention to clothes, make-up	14.3
20	When buying new clothes	13.9

Source: What Japan Thinks

The results are quite interesting. Being alone at the party is more troubling than feeling down. It seems that social pressure is quite strong.