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. 2015 Jun 10;10(6):e0128337. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128337

Table 3. Respondent demographics across four modes.

Demographic variables Voice Text
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).