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Do we have any statistics from other countries? The numbers given in the article suggest about 1% of the Japanese population are hikikomori, that seems, at fir
by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
Do we have any statistics from other countries?
The numbers given in the article suggest about 1% of the Japanese population are hikikomori, that seems, at first glance, quite common.
- brador 8y agoIn the West many of those with the hikikomori traits are medicated under anxiety and depression. Japan does not have the same mental health processes we have here.
- snazz 8y agoI wonder which way is better for the people living with a predisposition to reclusive behavior. Is medication to allow these people to integrate with the rest of society better or worse for their well-being than having them live alone?
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoI like to imagine people who take medication for social anxieties do so because they managed to get themselves to a doctor and ask for such, then willingly continue to take the medication of their own volition. Howber, now that I’ve wtitten that it occurs to me there may be expectations in a culture that are difficult to see from within.
- watwut 8y agoThey don't live alone and are unable to live alone. Someone must bring them food, cook for them and otherwise pay bills. Also, they do not report high hapiness.
- swebs 8y agoI'd imagine it would be correlated almost 1:1 with unemployment statistics, which are very well documented.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoInteresting, I would have assumed no correlation with unemployment statistics.
- Filligree 8y agoAlmost by definition, you can't be hikikomori if you're employed. So there's at least that.
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- tonyedgecombe 8y agoTrue, although I would have thought they fell outside the definition of unemployed as well as they aren’t seeking work.
- astura 8y agoThe most common unemployment statistics only include people actively seeking employment. Since you'd 1) be actually willing to work and 2) have to interact with strangers to go on job interviews, it that wouldn't be considered a hikkomori. Unemployed almost never includes retired people and 36.2% of those surveyed cited retirement as a trigger for social withdraw.
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- Ultramanoid 8y agoThere are European countries with 5%, 10%, 15% unemployment numbers. It'd be insane if they had that percentage of completely recluse population. And they obviously don't.
- MagnumOpus 8y agoHe said 1:1 correlated, not 1:1 equal. I.e. if for the sake of argument one in five unemployed are shut-ins but nearly no employed people are, then you have a good starting point to estimate populations.