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Consumer
Psychology (PSY -
514)
VU
Lesson
13
BASES
FOR SEGMENTATION:
DEMOGRAPHIC
SEGMENTATION
PSYCHOGRAPHIC
SEGMENTATION
OBJECTIVES:
UNDERSTANDING
Demographic
Segmentation
Age
Age
Effect
Cohort
Effect
Gender
Changing
Sex Roles
Marital
Status
Stages
of Family
Family
Life Cycle
Income
Education,
Age, Income
Psychographic
Segmentation
Market
consists of people, People
who are inhabitants of a certain
place (e.g. city, province
or country), are called
population.
Population can be seen in
terms of many of its
characteristics
Demographics
is a way to describe population in
terms of its defining
characteristics
1.
Demographic Segmentation
Includes
vital and measurable
statistics of a population, demographic
characteristics such as age,
sex, marital status,
income,
occupation and education are most
often used as the basis for
market segmentation
Demographics
help locate a target market.
Psychological and Sociocultural
characteristics help to describe
how its
members
think and how they
feel
Variables
of Demographic Segmentation
Demographic
Segmentation is is usually based
upon the following
variables:
·
age
·
gender
(male/female)
·
income
·
occupation
·
education
·
household
(family - style) size
1.
Age
Age
is an obvious way to divide the
market into segments since
so many products are based
upon "time of life"
a.
Diapers are for
babies
b.
Toys are for
children
c.
Entertainment for "over
19"
Two
kinds of effects are important to notice
while considering the age
factor in segmentation. These
include:
a.
Age Effect
b.
Cohort Effect
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Consumer
Psychology (PSY -
514)
VU
a.
Age Effect
Age
effect includes occurrences due to
chronological age. Examples of the age
effect are heightened interest in
leisure
travel that often occurs for
people (single, ,married) during the
middle age (particularly in their
late fifties or
early
sixties)
a.
Cohort Effect
Occurrences
due to growing up in certain time
periods are called the
Cohort Effect. This is
captured by the idea
that
people hold onto interests they
grow up to appreciate.
2.
Gender
Gender
is an obvious way to divide the
market into segments since
so many products are
gender-specific
·
Cosmetics Industry
·
Clothing
·
Medical
products
·
Sports products/services
·
Entertainment
Men
on the other hand have been the
users of
2.
Psychographic Segmentation
Psychographic
Segmentation is lifestyle, social class,
and personality-based segmentation..
Psychographic profile of
a
consumer is composite
of:
Attitudes
Interest
Opinions
This
is commonly referred to as (AIO's)
AIO
Research
AIO
research seeks consumer
responses to a large number of statements
that measures:
Activities
How
the consumer or family spends time
(Pakistani consumer &
family)
Interests
Consumers'
family preferences and
priorities (Home, fashion,
food)
Opinions
How
the consumers feel about a wide variety of events
and political issues, social
issues, and state of
economy
AIO
Psychographic Inventories
AIO
Psychographic Studies use
Psychographic Inventory which is
designed to identify relevant aspects
of
consumers'
personality, buying motives, interests,
attitudes, beliefs and
values
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Consumer
Psychology (PSY -
514)
VU
Example
Portion
of AIO Inventory used to identify
"Techno Road
Warriors"
Techno
Warriors: business people who spend a
high percentage of their
work week on the road, equipped
with
laptops,
cellular phones, electronic
organizers
Psychographic
Inventory
Please
read each of the following
statements and place an "X" in the
box that best indicates
how strongly you
"agree"
or "disagree" with the statement
Hypothetical
Profile of the "Techno Road
Warrior"
·
G
STATEMENTS
A
D
o
e
I
feel that my life is moving
faster and faster sometimes
just too fast
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
s
I
could count the pluses and
minuses technology has been
good for
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
o
me
n
I
find that I have to pull
myself away from
e-mail
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
t
Given
my lifestyle, I have more shortage of
time than money
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
h
e
I
like the benefits of the internet, but I
often don't have the time
to
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
take
advantage of them
i
I
am generally open to considering new
practices and new
technology
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
n
t
ernet
more than six times a
week
·
Sends
and/or receives 15 or more
e-mail messages/week
·
Regularly
visits websites to gather
information and/or to comparison
shop
·
Often
buys personal items via
internet
·
Belongs
to several reward programs (frequent
flyer programs, rent-a-car
programs and hotel
programs)
Results
of Psychographic Studies are
frequently reflected in firm's marketing
messages
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