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The influence of demographic variables on service quality perceptions in three selected service industries
South African Journal of Business Management | Vol 23, No 3/4 | a888 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v23i3/4.888
| © 2018 Christo Boshoff, Deon Nel
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 October 2018 | Published: 31 December 1992
Submitted: 17 October 2018 | Published: 31 December 1992
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Christo Boshoff, Department of Business Economics, Vista University, South AfricaDeon Nel, Department of Business Management, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
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Despite reservations about the use of demographic variables for market segmentation purposes it is a method which is widely used. Although this was not a segmentation study as such, the extent to which service quality perceptions are influenced by demographic variables has been investigated. It is believed that if demographic variables are found to influence service quality perceptions, they may serve as important pointers to the marketers of services when considering segmentation strategies. The empirical results revealed that both age (p < 0.05) and level of education (p < 0.01) exert a significant influence on consumers' perceptions of service quality. Younger consumers and relatively well-qualified consumers rate service quality lower than do older consumers and consumers who are not particularly well qualified academically. Both younger and well qualified consumers could be important target markets to services marketers in delivering quality service.
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