The Interelationship of the Consumer Behavior between Mother and Their Early Children

어머니의 소비자 행동이 유아기 자녀의 소비자 행동에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Duck-Soon (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Osan Junior College) ;
  • Youh, Kyung-Yea (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Osan Junior College)
  • 김덕순 (오산전문대학 유아교육과) ;
  • 유경애 (오산전문대학 유아교육과)
  • Published : 1997.12.31

Abstract

In order to adapt to the economic change with the rapid world change, the wise consumers should have positive cognizance of their roles and are requested to fulfil their duties as a consummer. Such capability of the consumer could be acquired from home, mass media and school, and specially the role of mother at home would have a great influence on their early children's consummer activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationship of the consumer behavior between mother and their children. As a result of this study, the mother with higher educational background could manage effectively the allowance of the children. The mother with older age had a great influence on the consumer's role of the children and high record of the execution. Employed mother had higher level of execution for the consumer's rights than their count part. Accordingly, the consumer behavior of the mother will have an influence on the children's consumer behavior. Such a result showed the meaningful statistic relations(r=3.6, p<.001) for the economy activity of the children the home management and economy life of the mother, and the purchasing activity of the children including the execution of the consumer's right. In their regard, there was the significant statistic relations(r=19, p<.05) between the children's pocket money and the housekeeping management of the mother. In the meantime, it showed that another changing factor concerned with the consumer behavior of the mother have little influence the children's allowance.

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