Impact of gender on the online purchasing frequency: insights from Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria

Year 2025, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 158 - 167, 24.03.2025

Chems Eddine Boukhedımı

https://doi.org/10.70101/ussmad.1631230

Abstract

This paper attempts to highlight the effect of gender of e-shoppers on their purchase frequency in Tizi-Ouzou city (Algeria). This study was conducted on a sample composed of 155 participants through an online survey between July 20th, 2023 and January 25th, 2024, Independent samples t test and Matt Whitney U test were used through SPSS V26 software.

The results demonstrated that the assumption of homogeneity of variances isn’t met (LEVENE’s test: 0.011). Therefore, it was needed to explore Matt Whitney U which indicated that significant differences are found between men and women regarding this issue (Sig: 0.019).

Keywords

DPSS, Algeria, Online shopping, Tizi-Ouzou, Matt Whitney U test

Impact of gender on the online purchasing frequency: insights from Tizi-Ouzou in Algeria

Abstract

This paper attempts to highlight the effect of gender of e-shoppers on their purchase frequency in Tizi-Ouzou city (Algeria). This study conducted on a sample composed of 155 participants through an online survey between July 20th, 2023 and January 25th, 2024, Independent samples t test and Matt Whitney U test were used through SPSS V26 software.

The results demonstrated that the assumption of homogeneity of variances isn’t met (LEVENE’s test: 0.011). Therefore, it was needed to explore Matt Whitney U which indicated that significant differences are found between men and women regarding this issue (Sig: 0.019).

Keywords

Online shopping, Algeria, Tizi-Ouzou, Matt Whitney U test, spss

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