Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research aimed to: 1) study the consumers purchasing decision for processed pork products in Nakhon Pathom Province; 2) compare the consumers purchasing decision for processed pork products in Nakhon Pathom Province as classified by purchasing behavior; and 3) study the marketing mix factors affecting purchasing decision for processed pork products of consumers in Nakhon Pathom Province. The sample was 385 consumers of processed pork in Nakhon Pathom Province derived by quota sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire constructed by the researcher with the content validity between 0.67 and 1.00. The internal consistency reliability coefficients were 0.74 for marketing mix, and 0.81 for consumers purchasing decision. Data were analyzed with percentage, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA, least significant difference, enter method of multiple regression and content analysis.
The research results revealed as follows:
1. Overall the level of purchasing decision for processed pork of consumers in Nakhon Pathom Province was at a high level. When considering each aspect, all aspects were at a high level. The aspects, in the descending order, were purchasing decision, information searching, perception of problem or need, result evaluation, and post-purchase behavior.
2. The comparison of purchasing decision for processed pork in Nakhon Pathom Province as classified by consumers behavior revealed that the consumers with differences in purchasing frequency and purchasing time had different purchasing decision with significant difference at .05 level.
3. All aspects of marketing mix factors affected the purchasing decision for processed pork of consumers in Nakhon Pathom Province. The equation was
Y ̂_(tot )= 1.00 + 0.21(X1) + 0.15(X2) + 0.14(X3) + 0.24(X4).
The marketing mix factors together predicted the purchasing decision for processed port of consumers in Nakhon Pathom Province with the percentage of 51.