The Journal of Consumer Affairs articles from June 22 1996

The Journal of Consumer Affairs archives from June 22 1996

Trade-offs between purchased services and time in single-parent and two-parent families. (includes appendix)
June 22, 1996... This research examines the influence of marital status on the demand for services using a model in which the demand for market services and mothers' time spent in related household activities are jointly determined. Three specific areas of...

Out-of-pocket home care expenditures for disabled elderly.
June 22, 1996... Levels and predictors of out-of-pocket home care expenditures for the disabled elderly are examined using a sample of users of home care with out-of-pocket expenditures from the 1984 National Long Term Care Survey (N = 856). Multiple...

Determinants of household expenditures on alcohol.
June 22, 1996... This paper examines the determinants of household alcohol expenditures by using a non normal an d heteroscedastic double-hurdle model to accommodate zero observations in the sample. The model is a generalization of the double-hurdle model...

Age, product nutrition, and label format effects on consumer perceptions and product evaluations. (includes appendices)
June 22, 1996... Nutrition label format effects across different levels of product nutrition value and groups of younger (under 58 years; average 46 years) and older consumers (58 years or more; average 70 years) are examined using a 3 x 2 x 2 experimental...

Informing buyers of risks: analysis of the marketing and regulation of all terrain vehicles. (includes appendices)
June 22, 1996... An examination of the marketing practices and the regulation of the all terrain vehicle (ATV) industry during the 1980s is presented. This review includes a content analysis of ATV advertising, an examination of the Consumer Product Safety...

Comparison of Mexican-American and Anglo-American attitudes toward money.
June 22, 1996... This study compared attitudes toward money of Mexican- and Anglo-American consumers. Based on the Hispanic/Mexican-American literature, hypotheses were generated for four dimensions of a money attitude scale (MAS) developed by Yamauchi and...

Consumer-to-consumer relationships: satisfaction with other consumers' public behavior.
June 22, 1996... This national study of 554 adults investigated consumers' satisfaction with 32 behaviors in which other consumers may engage when in public business environments. Respondents were most pleased when other consumers demonstrated "gregarious"...

Reflections on consumer sophistication and its impact on ethical business practice.
June 22, 1996... This paper investigates consumer sophistication and its role in the development of proactive public policy. Consumer sophistication is examined in light of several historical shifts in market structure and consumer lifestyles. These shifts...

Retail ethics as appraised by future business personnel in Malaysia and the United States.
June 22, 1996... Differences in ethical perceptions among individuals from varying cultures have been suggested as a source of concern for business firms involved in global activities. This study investigates a hypothesis based on the writings of Thorelli,...

Consumer household materials and logistics management: inventory ownership cycle. (includes appendix)
June 22, 1996... This paper examines the various stages and activities of consumers' management of owned possessions including acquisition, ownership, and disposition. Using a materials management perspective, more frequently found in industrial marketing, the...