He found that kyabajō are most likely to have the following characteristics:
* low socioeconomic background
* low level of education
* moved to Tokyo from small villages in outlying prefectures (in the case of Tokyo, most hostesses are from the Tohoku region)
* high rate of parental divorce (double the rate of the total survey sample)
* hate being in their school, their own house, their own room, or their own living room (especially compared to those who want to become government workers)
* are confident about their looks
* strongly dependent on men
* comfortable with traditional gender roles
* hate their moms, like their dads
* read magazines Egg and Koakuma Ageha
* love the music of Hamasaki Ayumi