Study on the middle aged's use of and attitudes toward Kiosk

Abstract

Competency of 45.8% of the digital the the many kiosk research and educational materials for the have attempted, it is enough research and for middle-aged people. Moreover, digital competency surveys have conducted the almost no studies have been carried out in urban-rural complex cities and towns. this study will examine the use and attitude of the kiosk for middle-aged people living in urban-rural complex cities and provide basic data on the ways to improve the quality of seniors' life using digital equity and gerontechnology. Method This study has collected 224 responses by using Google Forms for 40 to 64 years old living in urban-rural complex cities in the western Gyeongsangbuk-do (i.e., Gimcheon-si, Gumi-si, Sangju-si, Mungyeong-si, and Seongju-gun), where more than 40% of the middle-aged people live among urban-rural complex cities that adopt the kiosk late compared to the metropolitan area. The collected data has been implemented frequency analysis and cross-analysis on the kiosk use, attitude, and education of middle-aged people by using SPSS 20. Results and Discussion The results of this research have showed that men for 33% of the respondents, comfortable and stable old age at the moment of entering a super-aged society. However, there is a limit to generalize the results of the research because it was conducted on middle-aged people living in some regions. Therefore, in future studies, it is necessary to examine variables that reflect the characteristics of middle-aged people and kiosks and middle-aged people living in various regions.