This research aimed at studying the effect of demographic variables on consumer behavior of buying towards packaging size of the preserved food and the place and the time of shopping in the governorate of Latakia.
Using descriptive analytical study
of the impact, a sample of 400 consumer was selected from among the study society in Lattakia spread over four districts namely: Saliba, Al Ziraa, Tishreen ave and North sand, in addition to the four regions of: Al-Haffah, Jableh, Al Qardāḩah and Lattakia rural area; a questionnaire was used across the sample. After analyzing the data the study showed that there is an influence of personal factors (education, income) on consumer preferences: In terms of temporal
and spatial shopping. While there is no effect of gender, age, marital status or family size on consumer purchasing preferences, for place and time shopping. The study also showed, that there is an effect to consumer address, on consumer purchasing preferences, for place shopping while no
effect of the consumer address on the time of shopping. The study also showed that there is an influence of personal factors of the consumer (family status, age, family size, address, education, and income) on his Buying behavior, for preserved food packaging size.
This study aimed to identify or learn some of the demographic variables and their impact on consumer behavior, when buying preserved food in the governorate of Latakia; using descriptive analytical study of the impact. The sample of 210 consumer was
selected from among the study society in Lattakia, spread over four districts namely: Saliba, Al Ziraa, Tishreen ave and north sand, in addition to the three regions of: Al-Haffah, jableh and Lattakia rural area; a questionnaire was used across the sample. Analysis of the data showed that the consumer level of education has no impact on his buying behaviour regarding packaging, whereas there as an impact of the consumer level of education on his buying behaviour for the presence of preservatives in preserved food, and there is an impact of home address on consumer buying behaviour for keeping preserved food, there is also an effect of the consumer income on his buying behaviour regarding the interests at the time of purchase (price, quality, or trade name), as well as for the marketplace. Research results showed that 42.4% sample members prefer food preservation by freezing method, about 64.3% consumers checked on presence of preservatives when buying food. As a result of their interest in terms of health, some 63.3% prefer glass containers over other packaging. Also note that the study sample of 46.7% care about product quality from other concerns when buying food. Also, the results showed that about 79% of the study sample, do not exceed 5000 SP for the monthly spending on the preserved food, And nearly 45% of monthly spending on preserved foods is ranging from (10-20%) of the total expenditure on the purchase of food, and of (5-10%) of the monthly income.
This study examined the relationship between demographic variables of age, sex,
marital status, educational qualification, and the order of the human needs for employees.
Through a survey study on employees in the textile and cotton industries sect
or in
the Syrian coast, the total number of valid questionnaires was 348 Reliability.
And the researcher concluded to the following results:
• There is a significant relationship between age and the order of the human needs
for employees in the textile and cotton industries sector in the Syrian coast.
• There is a significant relationship between sex and the order of the human needs for
employees in the textile and cotton industries sector in the Syrian coast.
• There is a significant relationship between marital status and the order of the
human needs for
employees in the textile and cotton industries sector in the Syrian coast.
• There is a significant relationship between educational qualification and the order
of the human needs for employees in the textile and cotton industries sector in the Syrian
coast.
The individuals’ Participation in the Securities Exchange plays an important role in
the development of the financial market. Without the active and continuous participation,
the financial market lacks the financial products and its liquidity, and
also the increased
participation leads to the creation of effective trading dynamics of buying and selling.
This paper examines the impact of financial literacy on the individuals’ Participation
in Damascus Securities Exchange. To achieve the objective of the study, data is collected
based on a questionnaire specially designed for this purpose. And the questionnaire has
been distributed to a sample of (384) individuals from the merchants and industrialists who
are registered in the Damascus Chamber of Commerce and Damascus Chamber of
Industry. The study to analysis data depends on using a software of Statistical Package for
the Social Sciences known as SPSS. It has been used some statistical methods like
repetition and percentages in addition to Chi-Square Test to examine hypotheses
concerning the relationship between demographic variables and financial literacy, and a
model logistic regression to study the impact of financial literacy on the individuals’s
participation in the Damascus Securities Exchange
The research finds that the financial literacy of the members of the respondents is
very far from the desired level to participation in the Damascus Securities Exchange where
only (22%) of respondents have a good level of financial literacy. In addition to that, the
research highlights the presence of a statistically significant effect of financial literacy to
participate in the securities exchange; the increasing financial literacy index from a low
level to a better one leads to increase the likelihood of participation by (24%). The research
also concludes two things that there is a relationship between each of the variables of
gender, income and financial literacy, and on the other hand there is no relationship
between the educational qualification and the financial literacy.