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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants, and comparison with those of the national/urban populations (n = 4260)

From: People’s political views, perceived social norms, and individualism shape their privacy concerns for and acceptance of pandemic control measures that use individual-level georeferenced data

  

US

UK

NZ

  

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) a

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) b

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) c

Age

18–24

11

18

9

14

11

16

 

25–45

41

33

46

32

43

34

 

45 + 

48

49

45

54

46

50

Gender

Male

48

49

47

49

49

49

 

Female

52

51

53

51

51

51

  

HK

JP

SK

  

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) d

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) e

Sample (n%)

Population (n%) f

Age

18–24

6

9

5

11

7

12

 

25–45

54

33

33

26

47

31

 

45 + 

40

58

62

63

45

57

Gender

Male

47

44

49

49

50

50

 

Female

53

56

51

51

50

50

  1. a2021 the United States Census Bureau data (15 + years old)
  2. b2021 the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics data (15 + years old)
  3. c2021 New Zealand Statistics Bureau data
  4. d2021 Hong Kong Statistics Bureau data (15 + years old)
  5. e2020 Japan statistics bureau data (15 + years old)
  6. f2022 South Korea statistics bureau data (15 + years old)