Research on Perceptions of Necessity Among Differing Age Groups
By: Yuna
Introduction
This day, we are researching about “what things are wanted and what things are needed”. We want to know how people think about the wants and needs of different things.
Research Methods
We interviewed a total of 57 people, divided into 3 groups. Age Group 1 are students and children, there are 24 people in total. Age Group 2 are working people, there are 20 people in total. Age Group 3 are people that are retired, there are 13 people. We interviewed 57 people in YuanShan. We make a little game on the board, and let them play it and answer the questions. The question is “Do you think this thing is a need or a want.”
Data
There were 24 people in Age Group 01.
| Age Group 01 | Light | House | Internet | AC | Car/Motocycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need | 24 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Want | 0 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Not sure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There were 20 people in Age Group 02.
| Age Group 02 | Light | House | Internet | AC | Car/Motocycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need | 20 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 4 |
| Want | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Not sure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
There were 13 people in Age Group 03.
| Age Group 03 | Light | House | Internet | AC | Car/Motocycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
| Want | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Not sure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There were 57 people in total(all of the age group).
| Total Age Group | Light | House | Internet | AC | Car/Motocycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need | 57 | 38 | 48 | 37 | 23 |
| Want | 0 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 24 |
| Not sure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Results & Discussion
In this data, there are 57 people that we ask, and there are 57 people who think that Light is a need. It means in this research, everyone thinks that Light is a need, no one thinks that is a want. I will guess that maybe because we need light everyday, we need light to see in the dark, so they think light is a need. Also in this 57 people, there 48 people that think the Internet is a need. I will guess that maybe it is because that in the world now, the things that people do are mostly concerts on the internet, or need the internet.
Before I think people will think AC is a want, not a need, but the research tells us that in 57 people there are 37 people who think that AC is a need, and 19 people think AC is a want. That means in this 57 people, there were more than half of the people who think that AC is a want. I thought people will think that AC is a want, because you don’t really need AC so much. Well, if people have AC it will be easier for them to live in summer, but I don’t think it is a need.
Conclusion
In conclusion, from those data we can see that all of the people that we interviewed in YuanShan felt that light is a need, and 37 people think AC is a need. For the answer of light I don’t really surprised about that, but I never think that most of the 57 people that we interviewed will think AC is a need. Maybe in the future, we can give people more questions to see if it will have more interestings answers.