Analysis of the use of the nuisance call prevention function among recipients of the telephone equipment purchase subsidy program

Abstract

Previous research on fraud victimization has revealed vulnerabilities in the psychological characteristics of the elderly, while relatively little is known on promoting anticrime measures. In this paper, we analyzed survey data of people who applied the telephone-equipment purchase subsidy program, and found the following points. First, those who have enabled the nuisance call prevention function (NCPF) are more likely to recommend the function to others than those who have not enabled it. Second, there is no statistically significant difference in the proportion of people who use NCPF between those whose relatives or electric appliance store staff installed the phone and those who did not.