According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak, 50 percent of female and 43 percent of male Indian respondents stated that they stocked up on items because they thought supermarket and shops would run out of these items. In the same survey, 61 percent of respondents indicated that they had not engaged in panic buying because of the coronavirus pandemic, while 39 percent of respondents did.
Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender
Characteristic
Female
Male
I am afraid that the supermarket/shops would run out of these items soon
50%
43%
I think I/my household might be quarantined soon and would not be able to buy groceries
35%
37%
I am buying for other family members/friends not in my household
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading Reasons to Buy Goods in Bulk Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) among Respondents in India in 2020, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/
Rakuten Insight, Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading reasons to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in India in 2020, by gender [Graph], Rakuten Insight, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119151/india-drivers-for-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-gender/