Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the samples
From: Understanding the adoption context of China’s digital currency electronic payment
Level | Frequency | Percentage | Accumulated % |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 194 | 52.2 | 52.2 |
Female | 178 | 47.8 | 100.0 |
Age | |||
18–35 (including 18) | 195 | 52.4 | 52.4 |
35–45 (including 35) | 104 | 28.0 | 80.4 |
45–60 (including 45) | 64 | 17.2 | 97.6 |
> 60 | 9 | 2.4 | 100.0 |
Level of education | |||
High school or below | 33 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
Technical secondary school | 118 | 31.7 | 40.6 |
3-year or 4-year college | 176 | 47.3 | 87.9 |
Graduate school or higher | 45 | 12.1 | 100.0 |
Original payment method | |||
Paper-based payment (notes, coins, cheques, promissory notes, money orders) | 61 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
Card-based payment (bank card, prepaid card) | 138 | 37.1 | 53.5 |
Net-based payment (card-free payment based on a bank account or third-party account by network terminal) | 173 | 46.5 | 100.0 |