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. 2012 Feb 13;14(1):e11. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1670

Table 4.

Rates of awareness, want, and adoption by demographics and the corresponding regions in the awareness, want, and adoption gap ratio (AWAG) segment matrix for the digital home care service

Stage Region in
awareness–want
segment matrixa
Awareness Want Adoption Adoption gap ratio
Variable IDb Item n % n % n % %
Total T 1563 50.9 2139 69.6 150 4.9 93.0 O_G
Gender G1 Male 806 53.1 1055 69.5 84 5.5 92.1 O_G
G2 Female 757 48.7 1084 69.7 66 4.3 93.9 P_G
Age range (years) A1 15−24 250 49.1 366 71.9 31 6.1 91.5 P_G
A2 25−34 318 51.2 440 70.8 32 5.1 92.8 O_G
A3 35−44 315 55.5 415 73.1 23 4.0 94.5 O_G
A4 45−54 334 59.2 432 76.5 23 4.1 94.6 O_G
A5 55−64 173 47.2 246 67.1 15 4.1 93.9 P_G
A6 ≥65 173 39.0 239 53.9 27 6.0 88.9 P_G
Education level E1 Below primary school 120 31.3 196 51.2 15 4.0 92.3 P_G
E2 Junior high school 114 45.7 154 61.5 8 3.1 95.0 P_G
E3 Senior high school 520 51.3 711 70.1 44 4.4 93.8 O_G
E4 Junior college 262 60.4 330 76.1 20 4.5 94.0 O_G
E5 University 451 53.3 636 75.1 55 6.4 91.4 O_G
E6 Graduate and above 96 65.8 113 77.5 8 5.7 92.6 O_G
Marital status M1 Single 541 50.8 765 71.8 62 5.8 92.0 O_G
M2 Married or cohabiting 989 52.7 1325 70.6 86 4.6 93.5 O_G
M3 Otherc 34 25.1 49 37.0 2 1.7 95.3 C_G
Geographic area L1 Northern Area 502 51.5 689 70.8 53 5.4 92.4 O_G
L2 Central Area 410 54.4 536 71.2 44 5.8 91.8 O_G
L3 Southern Area 323 48.8 443 66.7 29 4.4 93.5 P_G
L4 Eastern Area 46 52.2 70 80.6 3 3.4 95.7 O_G
L5 Taipei City 192 52.6 270 74.1 10 2.6 96.4 O_G
L6 Kaohsiung City 91 39.4 131 56.5 12 5.1 91.0 P_G
Personal monthly income (US $) P1 <450 277 42.6 422 64.8 33 5.1 92.1 P_G
P2 451–650 117 55.6 146 69.0 13 6.2 91.0 O_G
P3 651–950 258 51.5 358 71.4 24 4.8 93.3 O_G
P4 951–1250 228 52.7 332 76.7 23 5.4 93.0 O_G
P5 1251–1550 174 62.6 206 74.0 15 5.3 92.9 O_G
P6 1551–2250 135 61.5 178 81.2 14 6.2 92.4 O_G
P7 ≥2251 93 66.6 112 79.6 12 8.7 89.0 O_G
P8 Don’t know/no answer 280 43.7 387 60.4 16 2.5 95.8 P_G
Family monthly income (US $) F1 No income or unstable 40 38.3 60 57.7 1 0.6 99.0 P_G
F2 ≤650 71 45.3 92 58.7 5 3.2 94.6 P_G
F3 651–1250 210 44.0 330 69.2 24 5.0 92.8 P_G
F4 1251–1850 320 57.0 416 74.1 26 4.7 93.7 O_G
F5 1851–2450 246 55.3 325 73.0 29 6.4 91.2 O_G
F6 2451–3050 171 54.2 237 74.9 17 5.5 92.7 O_G
F7 3051–4650 182 61.8 232 78.7 22 7.6 90.4 O_G
F8 ≥4,651 87 56.2 113 72.8 12 8.0 89.1 O_G
F9 Don’t know/no answer 236 41.9 334 59.3 14 2.4 95.9 P_G
Computer ownership C1 Yes 1473 52.9 2026 72.7 143 5.1 92.9 O_G
C2 No 90 31.4 114 39.7 6 2.3 94.3 C_G
Internet access I1 Yes 1192 55.3 1615 75.0 125 5.8 92.3 O_G
I2 No 371 40.4 524 57.0 25 2.7 95.3 P_G

a Groups are opened (O), desire-deficiency (D), perception-deficiency (P), and closed (C); regions are strong (S), generic (G), awareness-bias (Ab), and want-bias (Wb).

b Item identifier.

c Divorced, separated, or widowed.