Abstract:
The research purposes were to study the relationships among female consumers
knowledge, perceived risk and buying behaviors of the skin whitening lotion products. This
survey research was employed and the questionnaire was a research tool. Samples were female
consumers aged 20 years old who knew the skin whitening lotion products.
The first hypothesis testing results showed that there were relationships between
female consumer knowledge and perceived risks in terms of functional risk, physical risk,
financial risk, social risk, time risk and overall risk at the significant level 0.01-0.001.
The second hypothesis testing results showed that there were relationships between
female consumer behavior (buy and not buy) and their perceived risks in terms of physical risk,
financial risk, psychological risk, social risk, time risk and overall risk at the significant level
0.05-0.001.
The third hypothesis testing results showed that the differences of female consumers
demographics in terms of education levels, incomes, careers and hometowns influenced on the
differences of their product perceived risk at the significant level 0.05-0.001.