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. 2019 Nov 18;11(11):2814. doi: 10.3390/nu11112814

Table 7.

Channels of acquisition of products.

20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69
Males, cumulative number 166 307 270 219 244
 Stores 57.2 58.6 46.7 37.9 28.3
 Online shopping (domestic) 25.9 30.3 43.3 49.8 62.3
 Online shopping (overseas) 7.2 4.2 5.6 5.5 4.5
 Friends (domestic) 3.6 2.3 0.7 2.3 3.7
 Friends (overseas) 4.2 1.6 1.1 0.9 0
 Others 1.8 2.9 2.6 3.7 1.2
Females, cumulative number 299 334 278 296 116
 Stores 53.2 47.0 36.3 28.4 31.0
 Online shopping (domestic) 33.4 41.3 56.8 64.2 64.7
 Online shopping (overseas) 2.0 0.9 1.1 3.0 0.0
 Friends (domestic) 3.3 2.7 1.8 1.7 2.6
 Friends (overseas) 0.3 0.3 0 0 0
 Others 7.7 7.8 4.0 2.7 1.7

Note: Multiple answers, expressed as percentage. The participants who did not remember the name of the product and manufacturer were included; thus, the total cumulative number was 1206 in males and 1323 in females. Males reported regarding sexual enhancement products; females reported regarding weight loss products.