Table 3 Participants were asked to agree with each statement regarding password managers on a scale of 1 = “Strongly disagree” to 5 = “Strongly agree”
From: An investigation into users’ considerations towards using password managers
Statement | Users | Non-users | U test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (med.) | Mean (med.) | U | Sig. | |
I trust password managers | 3.77 (4) | 3.05 (3) | 4422.5 | <0.001 |
Password managers are more secure | 3.58 (4) | 2.98 (3) | 5125 | <0.000 |
Password managers help people | 4.28 (4) | 3.85 (4) | 5231.5 | <0.001 |
Password managers are easy to use | 4.19 (4) | 3.87 (4) | 5742 | <0.001 |
Password managers are more convenient | 4.16 (4) | 3.84 (4) | 5966 | 0.002 |
I understand the theory behind password managers | 4.14 (4) | 3.89 (4) | 6606.5 | 0.053 |
I understand why password managers are secure | 3.78 (4) | 3.05 (3) | 4580 | <0.001 |
I worry that accessing my accounts may be more difficult with a password manager | 2.31 (2) | 2.69 (2) | 6063.5 | 0.004 |