TABLE 3.
Descriptive statistics of independent variables used for regression analyses (N = 720).
| Categorical measures | n | % | |||
| Age | |||||
| <40 | 484 | 67.22 | |||
| 40 and over | 236 | 32.78 | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 353 | 49.03 | |||
| Male | 357 | 49.58 | |||
| Other/not specified | 10 | 1.39 | |||
| Occupational status | |||||
| Student | 20 | 2.78 | |||
| Works full or part time | 611 | 84.86 | |||
| Other | 89 | 12.36 | |||
| Household’s gross annual income | |||||
| <$35,000 | 190 | 26.39 | |||
| $35,000–$154,999 | 495 | 68.75 | |||
| $155,000 and over | 35 | 4.86 | |||
| Technology/engineering degree | |||||
| No | 536 | 74.44 | |||
| Yes | 184 | 25.56 | |||
| Robot exposure online | |||||
| No | 345 | 47.92 | |||
| Yes | 375 | 52.08 | |||
| Continuous measures | M | SD | Range | n of items | α |
| Robot use self-efficacy | 16.09 | 3.64 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.88 |
| Personality traits | |||||
| Neuroticism [Big Five] | 10.76 | 5.14 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.85 |
| Extraversion [Big Five] | 11.32 | 4.81 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.84 |
| Openness [Big Five] | 15.36 | 3.81 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.79 |
| Agreeableness [Big Five] | 15.35 | 3.67 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.62 |
| Conscientiousness [Big Five] | 16.22 | 3.39 | 3–21 | 3.00 | 0.67 |