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Questionnaire survey on residential dwelling

Project name:	Questionnaire survey on residential dwelling
Subject (Respondents):	Males and Females of age between 20 and 39, who are living in rented dwelling throughout Japan
Research Outlines:	* How did they find their current dwelling? * What were the things they took into account to choose the dwelling where they are currently living >>The most important factor * How satisfied are they with their current dwelling? >>Why are they satisfied? * Do they intend to purchase a dwelling in the future * (Those who are positively considering dwelling purchase) What type of dwelling do they have in mind? >>Payment method they are considering * ( Those who are considering dwelling purchase in the future but not now) Why don't they purchase a dwelling now? >>Timing of purchase *(Those who don't intend to purchase a dwelling) The reason not to purchase dwelling
The number of samples: Distribution of respondents:	120s Equal distribution by gender and age group   Male Female Total 20s 30 30 60 30s 30 30 60 Total 60 60 120

Research conducted on: From August 7, 2007 to August 27, 2007

Research results
How did you find your current　dwelling? (Multiple answers allowed)

Responding to the question on source of the information for finding rented dwelling they are currently living with multiple answers allowed, "Trough internet" and "Commercial broker" were the top response at 33.3 percent, followed by "Through friends and acquaintances" at 16.7 percent. Consequently, "Point-of-sale advertisement of real estate agency" was the third at 10.0 percent.

 

What were the things you took into account to determine the dwelling you are currently living? (Multiple answers allowed)

< What the things they took into account to determine their current rented dwelling　were? N=120>

Responding to the question on the things they took into account to choose a dwelling with multiple answers allowed, "Rent" was top response at 89.2 percent followed by "Size" at 70.0 percent, and then "Location" at 65.0percent.

Are you satisfied with your current dwelling overall? (Single answer only)

 

<How they are satisfied with their current rented dwelling N=120>
Responding to the question asking the type of rented dwelling they are currently living and the satisfactory degree,  Both “Quite satisfactory” and ”Satisfactory” is 61.7 percent, respectively at 15.0 percent and 46.7 percent. On the other hand “Dissatisfactory” just stays at 17.5 percent.

This shows that they are relatively satisfied with their dwelling.

 

Do you intend to purchase a dwelling in the future? (Single answer only)

 

<Do you intend to purchase a dwelling in the future? N=120>
Asking for their intention of dwelling purchase in the future, only 7.5 percent of people answered “Positively considering”. The rest of the respondents are divided into nearly halves for “Having an intention to purchase a dwelling in the future” at 46.7 percent and “Having no intention” at 45.8 percent.

 

Please answer only those who answered "Positively considering a dwelling purchase"
Which type of dwelling you are considering the most?　(Single answer only)

 

＜The type of accommodation which those positively considering purchasing dwelling　n=9＞

When asked question "what type of dwelling they are considering to purchase" to those who are positively considering dwelling purchase, 44.4 percent of people answered "Brand- new house", and then 33.3 percent of people who answered "Brand- new apartment". Also, those who answered "Used house" and "Used apartment" were 11.1 percent respectively.

Please answer only those who answered "considering dwelling purchase in the future but not now" What are the reasons you do not purchase a dwelling now? (Multiple answers allowed)

 

< Those who are considering dwelling purchase in the future but not now > Reason they don't purchase dwelling　now n=56>

When asked the reason of not taking an action to purchase dwelling to those who answered "considering dwelling purchase but not now", 57.1 percent of people answered "Currently saving up money for", followed by 46.4 percent answering "Timing is not right" and 39.3 percent "Matter of job or salary".

Please answer only those who answered "Not intend to purchase dwelling" What are the reasons you do not intend to purchase dwelling? (Multiple answers allowed)

 

<< Those who don't intend to purchase a dwelling> The reason not to purchase n=55 >

When asked the reason of not considering dwelling purchase only to those who answered "Not considering", "Lack of funds" was top response at 34.5 percent, followed by "Happy with rented dwelling" at 27.3 percent and "Don't like to get a mortgage" at 9.1 percent.