Research Article

Coimagining the Future of Voice Assistants with Cultural Sensitivity

Table 1

Participant demographics (; US, ; Japan, ). Empty cells indicate a count of zero.

USJapanTotal
% of % of %

Gender
Men2619%4433%7052%
Women3022%2619%4441%
Nonbinary32%11%43%
Another gender21%21%
Preferred not to say32%32%
Age
18-24118%0118%
25-341612%54%2116%
35-442116%1511%3627%
45-5497%2116%3022%
55-6454%2216%2720%
65-7421%86%107%
Education
Less than high school degree11%11%21%
High school degree or equivalent (e.g., GED)1310%2015%3324%
Bachelor degree1813%3425%5239%
Graduate degree86%32%118%
Associate degree or equivalent1310%129%2519%
Some college but no degree118%11%129%
Race and/or ethnicity
East Asian (for example, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)86%6850%7656%
White and/or Caucasian3022%11%3123%
Southeast Asian (e.g., Indonesian, Filipino, and Vietnamese)54%11%64%
Central and/or South Asian (e.g., Indian and Uzbekistanian)54%54%
Hispanic and/or Latinx64%64%
Pacific Islander and/or Native Hawaiian11%11%
Indigenous American, American Indian, or Alaskan Native21%21%
Black and/or African American86%86%