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Consumer Empowerment Profile in Rural and Urban Area

ASEAN Marketing Journal

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Title Consumer Empowerment Profile in Rural and Urban Area
 
Creator Megawati Simanjuntak; Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Institut Pertanian Bogor
Siti Amanah; Department of Sciences Communication and Community Development, Faculty of Human Ecology, Institut Pertanian Bogor
Herien Puspitawati; Department of Family and Consumer Sciences,
Faculty of Human Ecology, Institut Pertanian Bogor,
Pang S Asngari; Department of Sciences Communication and Community
Development, Faculty of Human Ecology Institut Pertanian Bogor
 
Description The purpose of this research was to analyze the profile of consumer empowerment and the influence of demographic characteristics, socio-economic status and cosmopoliteness on consumer empowerment in rural and urban area. The research finding indicated a low consumer empowerment in urban and rural area. In general, most respondents who were not categorized as empowered consumer were aged >37 years old, working in rural areas, included in income category ranged IDR 397,874.57/capita/month both in rural and urban areas, family size of ≤ 4 persons in rural areas,length of education ≤9 years in rural areas and not cosmopolite in rural areas. Higher level of education and the more cosmopolite the respondents would increase consumer empowerment both in ruraland urban area. One of the attempts in empowering consumers is by intensifying consumer education involving government, NGOs, and private sector.Keywords: consumer empowerment, cosmopoliteness, demographics, socio-economic
 
Publisher Management Research Center, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, U
 
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Date 2014-08-26
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/amj/article/view/3611
 
Source ASEAN Marketing Journal; Vol 6, No 1 (2014): June 2014
 
Language en