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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Robot. 2023 May 26;39(4):3332–3346. doi: 10.1109/tro.2023.3272846

TABLE II.

Descriptive statistics of participants

Demographic variables Statistic
Gender, (n = 12) n (%)
 Female 4 (33.33%)
 Male 8 (66.67%)
Age (years), (n = 12) n (%)
 50–65 1 (8.33%)
 65–75 3 (25.00%)
 75–85 7 (58.34%)
 Above 85 1 (8.33%)
Highest level of education, (n = 12) n (%)
 High school graduate 1 (8.33%)
 Some college 4 (33.33%)
 College graduate 2 (16.67%)
 Post-graduate 5 (41.67%)
Familiarity with technology Mean ± SD
 Smartphones 2.75 ± 1.22
 Tablets 2.42 ± 1.08
 Computers 2.73 ± 1.01
 Robots 1.00±0

For the items associated with familiarity with technology (i.e., Rows Smartphones, Tablets, Computers and Robots), 1 = Not at all familiar, 2 = Slightly familiar, 3 = Moderately familiar, 4 = Very familiar.