Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Correlation

Variables	M	SD	1-1.	1-2.	1-3.	1-4.	2-1.	2-2.	2-3.	2-4.	3-1.	3-2.	3-3.	3-4.
Study 1 (N = 321)
1-1. Digital equality (education)	4.1485	1.8363	1
1-2. Trust in the Metaverse	4.3411	1.7004	0.491**	1
1-3. Social phobia	3.4696	1.7164	0.214**	0.138**	1
1-4. Metaverse adoption for virtual learning	4.1246	1.9689	0.581**	0.791**	0.154**	1
Study 2 (N = 318)
2-1. Digital equality (labor)	4.5314	1.6541					1
2-2. Trust in the Metaverse	4.2366	1.7583					0.661**	1
2-3. Neo-Luddism	3.8698	1.6872					−0.167*	−0.258**	1
2-4. Metaverse adoption for virtual working	3.7742	2.0688					0.658**	0.750**	−0.152**	1
Study 3 (N = 315)
3-1. Digital equality (economic commerce)	4.7676	1.3911									1
3-2. Trust in the Metaverse	3.7968	1.6297									0.511**	1
3-3. Blockchain transparency	4.4360	1.3345									0.489**	0.524**	1
3-4. Metaverse adoption for virtual commerce	3.2032	1.8812									0.436**	0.763**	0.470**	1

^* p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01.

M, mean; SD, standard deviation.