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. 2021 Nov 6;38(1):97–119. doi: 10.1007/s00146-021-01290-1

Table 3.

Key characteristics of the surveyed sample

Variables Category/group Male
(N = 437)
Female
(N = 578)
Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Region Africa 5 1.14% 6 1.04%
Central Asia 11 2.52% 5 0.87%
East Asia 224 51.26% 262 45.33%
Europe 9 2.06% 11 1.90%
North America 7 1.60% 10 1.73%
South-East Asia 137 31.35% 226 39.10%
South Asia 41 9.38% 48 8.30%
Oceania 2 0.46% 8 1.38%
Income Low 39 8.92% 43 7.44%
Medium 327 74.83% 483 83.56%
High 71 16.25% 52 9.00%
School year First year 63 14.42% 66 11.42%
Second year 118 27.00% 198 34.26%
Third year 128 29.29% 186 32.18%
Fourth year 111 25.40% 109 18.86%
Fifth year or more 11 2.52% 9 1.56%
Major Business Management and Economics 233 53.32% 185 32.01%
Social Sciences and Humanities 204 46.68% 392 67.82%
Religion Atheism 132 30.21% 157 27.16%
Buddhism 64 14.65% 129 22.32%
Christianity 59 13.50% 66 11.42%
Islam 52 11.90% 58 10.03%
Others or Unidentified 130 29.75% 168 29.07%
Religiosity Mildly religious and Not religious 372 85.13% 494 85.47%
Very religious 36 8.24% 45 7.79%
Familiarity with AI (1: Not familiar; 5: Very familiar) 1 to less than 2 42 9.61% 101 17.47%
2 to less than 3 137 31.35% 239 41.35%
3 to less than 4 207 47.37% 202 34.95%
4–5 51 11.67% 36 6.23%
Attitude toward automated management (1: Very worried; 5: Not worried) 1 to less than 2 45 10.30% 74 12.80%
2 to less than 3 149 34.10% 260 44.98%
3 to less than 4 200 45.77% 214 37.02%
4–5 43 9.84% 30 5.19%