Table 3. Respondent demographics across four modes.
Demographic variables | Voice | Text | ||||||
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Human | Automated | Human | Automated | Chi-square statistics | Degrees of freedom | p | ||
Age a | 7.833 | 12 | 0.798 | |||||
21–34 years | 56.30% | 62.70% | 57.00% | 64.70% | ||||
35–44 years | 15.00% | 13.90% | 17.10% | 10.30% | ||||
45–54 years | 12.50% | 12.00% | 12.70% | 11.50% | ||||
55–64 years | 13.10% | 10.10% | 9.50% | 9.60% | ||||
65 years and older | 3.10% | 1.30% | 3.80% | 3.90% | ||||
Education | 7.275 | 12 | 0.839 | |||||
High school or less | 7.50% | 5.70% | 8.90% | 7.60% | ||||
Some college | 28.80% | 28.30% | 24.10% | 28.70% | ||||
Associate/Vocational/Technical | 11.90% | 8.10% | 9.50% | 13.40% | ||||
Bachelor's degree | 28.10% | 37.10% | 33.50% | 29.90% | ||||
Master/Professional/PhD | 23.80% | 20.10% | 24.10% | 20.40% | ||||
Income | 10.861 | 12 | 0.541 | |||||
$25000 or less | 17.50% | 18.20% | 13.90% | 16.60% | ||||
$25000 to $50000 | 21.90% | 25.80% | 24.70% | 29.90% | ||||
$50000 to $75000 | 16.30% | 17.60% | 22.80% | 18.50% | ||||
$75000 or more | 31.90% | 32.10% | 30.40% | 29.30% | ||||
Decline to answer | 12.50% | 6.30% | 8.20% | 5.70% | ||||
Gender | 2.533 | 3 | 0.469 | |||||
Female | 41.90% | 49.70% | 49.40% | 47.80% | ||||
Male | 58.10% | 50.30% | 50.60% | 52.20% | ||||
Hispanic origin | 3.896 | 3 | 0.273 | |||||
No | 88.10% | 93.70% | 90.50% | 93.00% | ||||
Yes | 11.90% | 6.30% | 9.50% | 7.00% | ||||
Race | 5.367 | 9 | 0.801 | |||||
White | 76.90% | 81.80% | 76.60% | 79.00% | ||||
African American | 9.40% | 3.80% | 7.00% | 5.70% | ||||
Asian | 5.60% | 6.90% | 7.00% | 5.70% | ||||
Other | 8.10% | 7.60% | 9.50% | 9.60% | ||||
Carrier | 3.731 | 6 | 0.713 | |||||
AT&T | 60.00% | 62.30% | 64.60% | 66.90% | ||||
Sprint | 10.00% | 7.60% | 10.10% | 10.20% | ||||
Verizon | 30.00% | 30.20% | 25.30% | 22.90% |
a Age values are missing for two respondents (n = 632 instead of 634).