The Role of Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Lifestyle of Consumers in Determinig Buying Tendency

Ana Slišković (), Ivan Zebić (), Ljiljana Gregov () and Matilda Nikolić ()
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Ana Slišković: Odjel za psihologiju, Sveučilište u Zadru
Ivan Zebić: Centar za socijalnu skrb - Vrbovec
Ljiljana Gregov: Odjel za psihologiju, Sveučilište u Zadru
Matilda Nikolić: Odjel za psihologiju, Sveučilište u Zadru

Tržište/Market, 2014, vol. 26, issue 2, 227-244

Abstract: This study was based on a three-dimensional conceptualization of the buying tendency stemming from cognitive and affective impulsivity and susceptibility to the situational factors of buying. The aim of the study was to examine the relationships of different dimensions of buying tendency to basic socio-demographic characteristics and lifestyles of consumers. The study was conducted using a survey on a sample of 194 respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The obtained results indicate greater levels of cognitive and affective buying impulsivity in women compared to men, with no gender differences identified in the susceptibility to buying situational factors. Furthermore, significant effects were obtained by the level of total monthly family income of respondents in all dimensions of buying tendency, while the level of respondents' monthly income had a significant effect only on cognitive impulsivity. Employment status and education level had no significant effect on the buying tendency. Among the four studied consumers’ lifestyles (innovative, family, social and leadership oriented), innovatively oriented lifestyle has the strongest correlation to all three dimensions of buying tendency. In other words, innovatively oriented subjects are more prone to impulsive buying and susceptible to buying situational factors. In addition to the innovative orientation lifestyle, impulsive buying was also associated with the leadership orientation, but to a lesser extent. Susceptibility to buying situational factors was associated with all lifestyle orientations, apart from the family orientation.

Keywords: buying tendency; impulsive buying; consumers' lifestyles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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