According to marketing research Macromill, 2023% of new adults who are eligible to participate in the 6-year-old gathering (coming-of-age ceremony) in XNUMX believe that they will not restrict going out even if the number of people infected with the new coronavirus increases. A national survey revealed.Another characteristic of this year's new adults is that their interest in public health and their expectations of Japanese politics have declined significantly.

 The survey was conducted in December 2022 via the Internet, targeting 12 men and women nationwide who were born between April 2002, 4 and April 2, 2003, using Macromill monitors.

 According to the survey, the news that new adults are interested in is countermeasures against the declining birthrate at 39.4%, followed by economic and financial policies at 37.0%, and work style reforms and promotion of women's empowerment at 34.4%.Public health, such as measures against the new coronavirus, remained at 14.8%, a significant drop of 10.8 points from the previous year's survey.

 Regarding the new coronavirus, 79.6% of the respondents answered that they would "be aware of infection prevention measures as much as possible," but more than half (58.4%) answered that they would "not restrict going out even if the number of infected people increases."

 2.4% of respondents answered that they have high hopes for Japanese politics, and 16.0% answered that they have high expectations for Japanese politics, for a total of 18.4%.It was down 5.6 points from the previous year's survey.Conversely, 27.6% of respondents answered that they "do not expect", an increase of 7.2 points from the previous year's survey and the highest since the survey began.Conspicuous comments cited the number of scandals and countermeasures against the declining birthrate as the reason.

 As for the use of SNS, LINE is the top with 95.8%. 2% of Instagram is in second place, and Twitter is overtaking third place with 85.4% for the first time.

reference:[note] [Macromill official note] Survey on new adults in 2023-positive for "prevention of new corona infection" and "making friends". SNS usage rate "TikTok" quadrupled in 3 years ~

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