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. 2024 Feb 22;7:44. doi: 10.1038/s41746-024-01030-x

Table 2.

Smart Device Ownership Across Different Demographics

Total Owns a Smartphone Owns a Wearable
Gender
Male 478 467 (98%) 255 (53%)
Female 871 857 (98%) 538 (62%)
Chi-square (Degrees of Freedom [df]) 0.82 (1) 9 (1)
P value 0.37 <0.01
Race/Ethnicity
White 784 771 (98%) 467 (60%)
Black 390 382 (98%) 219 (56%)
Asian 60 57 (98%) 36 (62%)
Hispanic 78 70 47 (67%)
Chi-square (df) 1.5 (3) 3.6 (3)
P value 0.68 0.31
Generation (Age Group)
18–25 24 24 (100%) 17 (71%)
26–41 176 176 (100%) 122 (69%)
42–57 460 458 (100%) 300 (65%)
58–76 579 570 (98%) 313 (54%)
77+ 129 115 (89%) 50 (39%)
Chi-square (df) 68 (4) 44 (4)
P value <0.0001 <0.0001
Highest-Level of Education
Graduate degree 515 510 (99%) 318 (62%)
College graduate 545 534 (98%) 60 (60%)
Some college but no degree 231 223 (97%) 129 (56%)
High school graduate 74 73 (99%) 30 (41%)
Chi-square (df) 5.7 (3) 13 (3)
P value 0.12 <0.01
Employment Status
Employed full-time 630 627 (100%) 405 (64%)
Employed part-time 108 108 (100%) 64 (59%)
Retired, not looking for work 400 381 (95%) 207 (52%)
Disabled, not able to work 120 118 (98%) 63 (53%)
Not employed, but looking for work 41 41 (100%) 25 (61%)
Not employed, not looking for work 69 68 (99%) 38 (55%)
Chi-square (df) 28.3 (5) 18.4 (5)
P value <0.0001 <0.01