About 60% of College Students Have a Partner | Most Common Meeting Place is 'Same University', Approx. 60% Favorable Toward Matching Apps (Happy Mail Survey)
A survey of 200 university students conducted by Happy Mail reveals that 57.5% have a partner, and about 60% are open to using matching apps.
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iBeq Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture), which operates the dating and romance matching app service 'Happy Mail' (https://happymail.co.jp/) with a cumulative membership of 35 million (*1), conducted a questionnaire survey on the topic of 'university student encounters' targeting 200 male and female university students (100 males, 100 females).
*1: As of June 2024
In this survey, we conducted multiple-choice questionnaires separated by gender and aggregated the response results regarding:
- Whether they currently have a partner
- The catalyst for meeting their partner (for those who have one)
- Whether meeting through a matching app is acceptable
In this release, we publish the reality of university students' romance and encounters based on the responses of the 200 male and female students.
Detailed data and chart materials of the survey results are available on the following page as reference materials for news reporting and article production.
▼ Survey Results Special Page
https://happymail.co.jp/happylife/meets/daigakusei-deai/
1. Over half of university students 'have a partner' (200 male and female university students)
When 200 male and female university students were asked, 'Do you currently have a partner?', 115 (57.50%) answered 'Yes', while 85 (42.50%) answered 'No'.
[Breakdown (Number of people / Percentage)]
- Yes: 115 people (57.50%)
- No: 85 people (42.50%)
[By Gender (100 people each)]
- Male
- Yes: 51 people (51.00%) / No: 49 people (49.00%)
- Female
- Yes: 64 people (64.00%) / No: 36 people (36.00%)
*1: As of June 2024
In this survey, we conducted multiple-choice questionnaires separated by gender and aggregated the response results regarding:
- Whether they currently have a partner
- The catalyst for meeting their partner (for those who have one)
- Whether meeting through a matching app is acceptable
In this release, we publish the reality of university students' romance and encounters based on the responses of the 200 male and female students.
Detailed data and chart materials of the survey results are available on the following page as reference materials for news reporting and article production.
▼ Survey Results Special Page
https://happymail.co.jp/happylife/meets/daigakusei-deai/
1. Over half of university students 'have a partner' (200 male and female university students)
When 200 male and female university students were asked, 'Do you currently have a partner?', 115 (57.50%) answered 'Yes', while 85 (42.50%) answered 'No'.
[Breakdown (Number of people / Percentage)]
- Yes: 115 people (57.50%)
- No: 85 people (42.50%)
[By Gender (100 people each)]
- Male
- Yes: 51 people (51.00%) / No: 49 people (49.00%)
- Female
- Yes: 64 people (64.00%) / No: 36 people (36.00%)