Determinants of Children’s Role in Family Buying Decision-Making: The Case of South-South, Nigeria

Omodafe Uzezi Philomena
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Omodafe Uzezi Philomena: Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-uku, Delta State, Nigeria

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2015, vol. 1, issue 7, 30-38

Abstract: This study examines the role of children in family buying decision-making and investigates factors that seem to have effect on children’s level of involvement in family buying decisions. The study was conducted using two samples (children and parent respondents). The respondents’ choice and justification thereof was shown in a detailed manner. Data for the study were collected with the instrument of questionnaire, personal interview and secondary sources. The data collected has been empirically analysed through ANOVA, correlation and regression as well as cross tabulation procedure with SPSS. The findings of the study revealed that family-buying decisions in contemporary times is more of an outcome of a joint effort in which children play significant and multiple roles in relation to a wide variety of products needed by their families, not just to the items that directly relate to their needs. It was also found that there exists a nexus between perceived level of children involvement in buying decision making and some selected demographic, socio-cultural and economic factors. The study recommended that parents should adopt a democratic approach in arriving at family purchase decisions in order to avoid family conflict. It is also imperative that marketers understand the changing dynamics of family buying decision-making process and the elevated power of children’s roles and influences in order to design better marketing strategies that can effectively serve and satisfy the needs of emerging market segment for improved marketing performance.

Keywords: Decision-making; ANOVA; Demographic; Socio-Cultural and Economic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.17.1003

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