Effect of Age, Country, and Gender on Music Listening Preferences.

Abstract

We tested the music listening preference opinions of 2,042 participants in Greece, Korea, and the United States using an 18 item listening test composed of art music, traditional jazz, and rock music examples. Listener ages ranged from 8 to 18 years, and listener gender was approximately equally distributed in each country. Age, country, and gender were all significant influences on music listening preference, but every variable was involved in significant two and three way interactions. We concluded that considerable caution must be exercised in attempting to apply research findings from one culture to predict music listening preference in another culture.