Effect of age, country, and gender on music listening preferences

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