Can we measure our life style with the numbers?
This time, I use the numbers to compare between Japanese life style and American life style. And it is easy to understand how difference between those life style.
Figures:
Male
The basic American: Average of height 5.84 feet
Average of weight 191.8 pounds
The basic Japanese: Average of Height 5.57 feet
Average of weight 143 pounds
Female
The basic American: Average of height 5.35 feet
Average of weight 164.6 pounds
The basic Japanese: Average of height 5.18 feet
Average of weight 117.8 ponds
Why?
Average soft drink consumption
Japan: 22 liters/ a year
America: 216 liters/ a year (wow!)
Other difference is:
Median yearly income (after taxes)
Japan: $21,760
America: $25,200
However……
Average daily TV time (advantage of American life)
Japan: 3.6 hours/ a day
America: 8.2 hours/ a day
Average alcohol consumption (advantage of American life)
Japan: 8.0 liters/ a year
America: 9.4 liters/ a year (“no drinking, no life!” ← it is quotation from my American friends’ expression)
Average medical expense (disadvantage of American life)
Japan: $1,857
America: $4,938 (Ouch!!)
Moreover:
To have a part of housework:
Japan: Women 83%
Men 17%
(Do you want to marry Japanese men?)
(Do you want to marry Japanese men?)
American: Women 58%
Men 42%
What do you think the numbers? Isn’t it interesting?
Some of these stats are interesting but some are closer to what I thought. For instance the percentage of house work in America does not surprise me at all neither does the amount of pop and TV Americans consume. One thing i found interesting tho is how close these countries are to each other in the amount of alcohol they consume. The Japaneses don't strike me as the kind who would typically consume mass quantities of alcohol.
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