Urban and rural differences: Multilevel latent class analysis of online activities and e-payment behavior patterns

Internet Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-228

  Hsieh, Tsui Chuan ^a   Yang, Keng Chieh ^b   Yang, Conna ^c   Yang, Chyan ^c  

^a Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

^b HWA HSIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Multilevel latent class analysis; Online behaviour pattern; Online payment; Rural regions; Taiwan; Urban and rural differences; Urban regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875601531     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241311313321     Document Type: Article

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