Summary information

Study title

The Conduct of the Consumer (Economic Consumer Behavior)

Creator

INTERMARKET, Düsseldorf

Study number / PID

ZA0128, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.0128 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Consumer behavior under the point of view of ´homo oeconomicus´. Topics: Assessment of consumer influence on price, quality and offering; influence of consumer associations; membership in a consumer association; attitude to government price setting; extent to which informed about the economic order; individual budget and household funds; financing of greater acquisitions; attitude to saving; classification of products according to luxury and consumer goods; price consciousness and price knowledge with goods of daily need; market overview; desired store closing times; shopping behavior and shopping habits; attitude to manufacturer brands and trade names; political interest; preferred residential area; self-assessment of economic extent to which informed; self-classification of social class; memberships; party preference; media usage; city size. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; number of children; religious denomination; school education; occupation; employment; income; household income; size of household; state; refugee status; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: spontaneity and certainty of answers given; suspected opinion leadership of respondent; social class of respondent. Also encoded were the following interviewer characteristics: sex of interviewer; age of interviewer; social class; occupation; income; school.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

05/1958 - 06/1958

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Quota sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1958

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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