Table 1.
Participants.
| Name (Pseudonym) |
Gender | Age (when known) |
Marital status (when known) |
Previous occupation (when known) |
Type of device | Method of acquisition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna | F | iPad | Bought | |||
| Bernie | M | iPad | Bought | |||
| Bill | M | 90 | Submarine commander | iPad | Gift | |
| Carol | F | 70s | Married | iPad (and a Kindle for reading) | Bought | |
| Connie | F | 77 | Kindle Fire | Bought | ||
| Dan | M | 81 | Computer programmer/engineer | iPad | Gift | |
| Elsa | F | iPad | Bought | |||
| Emma | F | 75 | iPad | Gift | ||
| Esther | F | 82 | Head of a senior center | iPad | Gift | |
| Fred | M | 84 | Married to Irene | Mini iPad (had a Kindle before) | Bought | |
| George | M | iPad | Bought | |||
| Grace | F | Retired legal secretary | iPad | Gift | ||
| Harold | M | Married | iPad (had a Kindle before) | Bought | ||
| Henry | M | 95 | Married | iPad (and a Kindle for reading) | Gift | |
| Irene | F | 86 | Married to Fred | Mini iPad | Gift | |
| Laura | F | 72 | Widowed | Kindle Fire | Bought (bought additional ones as gifts for others) | |
| Martha | F | Married | Nursing instructor | iPad | Gift | |
| Mary | F | 89 | iPad | Bought | ||
| Sam | M | 90 | Widowed | Pilot | iPad | Bought (bought additional ones as gifts for others) |
| Sarah | F | 69 | Married | Finance | iPad | Bought (bought additional ones as gifts for others) |
| Walt | M | Kindle Fire | Bought |