Title: Impact of familial characteristics on Indian children's influence in family purchases

Authors: Anupriya Kaur, Yajulu Medury

Addresses: Department of Professional Development, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, P.O. Dumehar Bani, Distt Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. ' Department of Professional Development, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, P.O. Dumehar Bani, Distt Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract: It is an accepted fact that children today not only form a lucrative market segment on their own, but also have a significant influence on family purchases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of family characteristics, such as family communication pattern and parental occupation on the perceived child influence in family decision-making amongst urban Indian families. Based on the survey of 346 parent–child dyads in Delhi, India, the study reported that significant relations existed between the abovementioned family characteristics and child’s influence in purchase and consumption decisions within the family.

Keywords: families; decision-making; children; familial characteristics; communication patterns; parental occupations; family purchases; market segments; child influence; urban families; parent–child dyads; parents; Delhi; consumption decisions; India; Indian culture; business management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2011.037428

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2011 Vol.4 No.1, pp.104 - 122

Published online: 31 Jan 2015 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article