une récent étude de la démographie japonaise dans Second life donnait les chiffres suivant:

Demographics
Between the 28th and 30th of May 2007 goo Research interviewed 1,102 members of its internet monitor group.
53.0% of the sample was male,
17.0% in their teens,
20.9% in their twenties,
18.0% in their thirties,
16.8% in their forties, and
27.3% aged fifty or older.

il y a donc beaucoup de gens au dessus de 50 ans qui s’interesse à Second Life au Japon. Attention à la fiabilité de ce type de panel.

A la question suivante:
What first comes to mind when you hear “Second Life”? (Sample size=1,102)

Life after retirement 76.5%

An online community 21.5%

Doesn’t mean anything 2.0%