Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to identify primary factors that affected consumers decision in purchasing value added drinking water. The focus of the study aimed to understand if healthy choice from drinking water played a part of the purchasing decision process. The controlled group in the study was people who lived in Bangkok and suburb. There were 400 samples chosen from convenient sampling method. The data was statistically analyzed by the Descriptive statistical method based on Frequency, Percentage, Mean, and Stand Deviation. Inferential statistics, Independent Samples t-test, and F-test were used to confirm the accuracy of the statistically analyzed data. The data was presented in the form of Multiple Linear Regression.
The result of consumer behavior showed that the drinking water was the most drinking products regularly. The collected data revealed that Unif is the most purchased brand among all healthy drinking water brands. Most participants purchased the water at a convenient store on an average of 1-2 bottles per week. The time of the purchase was in the evening and most of them paid cash with the purchase. The study found that the purchase decision process was impacted placed moderately importance level to overall purchasing decisions a value added drinking water for health.
The hypothesis testing revealed that level of education was the most influent factor in purchase decision process to buy a healthy drinking water. The product choice, Brand choice, Dealer choice and Post purchase were affected to purchase decision process to buy a healthy drinking water in term of consumer behavior.