According to a survey by Rakuten Insight on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak, 56 percent of Malaysian respondents aged 55 years and older stated that they did not stock up on items because they trusted supermarkets to have enough supplies. In the same survey, 77 percent of respondents indicated that they had not engaged in panic buying because of the coronavirus pandemic, while 23 percent of respondents did.
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age
among female and male respondents that did not engage in panic buying
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: Why did you decide not to bulk buy during this time?
The survey was conducted among 5,132 female and 3,773 male respondents.
The survey was conducted among
1,611 respondents aged 16 to 24 years,
3,690 respondents aged 25 to 34 years,
2,322 respondents aged 35 to 44 years,
814 respondents aged 45 to 54 years and
468 respondents aged 55 years and older.
Other surveyed countries included China, Hong Kong, India, Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading Reasons Not to Buy Goods in Bulk Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) among Respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/
Rakuten Insight, Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) among respondents in Malaysia in 2020, by age [Graph], Rakuten Insight, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120658/malaysia-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak-by-age/
