Survey on Social Presence and Fitness Equipment Usage in China, 484 Respondents

Mainland China survey data from 484 respondents on their usage of intelligent fitness equipment. The dataset includes variables for Social Presence, Flow Experience, Satisfaction, Perceived Usefulness, Continuous Usage Intention, and Social Comparison Orientation, along with demographic characteristics. It was authored by Feng, Aojie and last updated on 2026-06-09.

Use Cases

• Modeling continuous usage intention based on affective and cognitive pathways described in the study.
• Analyzing the moderating effect of social comparison orientation on user behavior.
• Conducting structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore relationships between social presence, satisfaction, and perceived usefulness.
• Performing comparative analysis of user adoption patterns across different demographic groups.

Strengths

• Contains 484 survey responses, providing a substantive sample size for analysis.
• Includes multiple validated psychological constructs (e.g., Social Presence, Flow Experience) for modeling user behavior.
• Demographic characteristics cover age, gender, education, monthly income, exercise frequency, device type, and duration of use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection in Mainland China.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Survey responses collected with informed consent under ethical principles (Declaration of Helsinki).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-09 15:41:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mainland China