A Correlation Study of Demographic Characteristics and Smartphone Task Performance: A Comparison Between Younger and Elderly Users

Abstract

A substantial amount of research has been conducted to investigate the effects of physical and cognitive changes on smartphone task performance. Prior research examined the effects of age difference and smartphone visual search tasks. The results confirmed the effects of age on task performance. Several surprising findings emerged during the processing of the data. Aside from task performance, differences in demographic characteristics and smartphone usage habits were found between elderly and other age groups. After reviewing literature, the authors found that there has not been any research on how demographic characteristics or usage behaviors may be related to smartphone task performance. The objectives of this present study are to examine how demographic characteristics correlated to smartphone task performance and to compare general and senior users. The results showed differences between general and senior users in term of demographic characteristics and smartphone usage behaviors. The analysis found that both demographic factors and usage behavior correlated with task performance.