Table 4

Determinants of the Instagram purchase intention

Use of the Instagram for product purchase
Absolute changePercentage changeDuring the pandemicHigh lonelinessLow loneliness
[1][2][3][4][5]
Constant1.010*** (0.191)0.756*** (0.174)3.331*** (0.133)1.072*** (0.202)0.662* (0.354)
Personality traits
Openness0.511*** (0.066)0.299*** (0.027)0.742*** (0.097)0.482*** (0.047)0.429* (0.269)
Conscientiousness0.080 (0.081)0.044 (0.053)−0.039 (0.042)0.126 (0.084)−0.014 (0.074)
Extraversion−0.172** (0.063)−0.099** (0.045)0.077 (0.061)−0.126 (0.081)0.176 (0.209)
Agreeableness−0.008 (0.033)0.043 (0.029)0.062 (0.046)0.052 (0.043)−0.243 (0.149)
Neuroticism−0.083** (0.038)−0.024 (0.054)0.001 (0.043)−0.003 (0.058)−0.393*** (0.065)
SCT
Resilience0.013* (0.015)0.088** (0.013)0.031** (0.014)−0.034 (0.131)0.088*** (0.021)
Vulnerability0.054** (0.032)0.222*** (0.033)0.225*** (0.117)0.121** (0.141)−0.099* (0.029)
Behavior during pandemic
Loneliness0.010*** (0.002)0.008*** (0.001)0.003 (0.002)
Demographics and social economic attributes
Female0.069 (0.128)−0.058 (0.083)0.205** (0.074)0.006 (0.177)0.306 (0.174)
High schooling grades−0.195 (0.168)−0.168 (0.153)−0.121 (0.192)−0.243 (0.194)0.246 (0.192)
Single child status−0.252** (0.109)−0.221** (0.083)−0.218 (0.143)−0.237 (0.231)−0.202 (0.157)
FAS Index−0.038 (0.117)−0.003 (0.116)−0.016 (0.043)−0.135 (0.136)0.283** (0.106)
Observations30330330322380
R20.2160.1460.3750.2200.283

Notes:

The use of Instagram for online purchase is measured on Likert scale basis (1–5). Resilience and vulnerability are standardized for interpretation reasons. The specifications control for age, family type and family area residence, heteroscedasticity corrected standard errors with clustering at regional level, statistical significance: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.10

Source: Authors’ calculations. Data drawn from the online survey

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