35 Valentine’s day is all about gift giving. This tradition is adapted in all around the world. The average American will spend $142.31 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year,according to a survey by the National Retail Federation released last month. How bout Indonesia? JAKPAT did a one day survey toward 5314 respondents which consists of : Gender Male Female Percentage 49.83% 50.17% No of Panel 2648 2666 Age Range < 16 16-19 20-25 26-29 30-35 36-39 40-45 > 45 Percentage 3.67% 16.86% 52.22% 14.02% 8.54% 2.65% 1.32% 0.72% No of Panel 195 896 2775 745 454 141 70 38 Spending Level < USD 100 USD 101 – 200 USD 201 – 300 USD 301 – 500 USD 501 – 750 > USD 750 Percentage 41.95% 34.21% 13.04% 6.93% 1.90% 1.98% No of Panel 2229 1818 693 368 101 105 And around 38% of them are college students, 8% are students, 9% are unemployed, and rest of them 45% is working segment. Valentine’s Shopping Plan Male vs Female We asked whether they have some plan for shopping for Valentine’s day. Then the rest of the survey questions were only asked to respondents that have shopping plan for Valentine’s day. Let’s compare male vs female result Q1 (single answer) : Do you have a plan to do a shopping for Valentine’s Day Total Gender Male Female Option 1 : Yes 2156 1191 965 40.57% 44.98% 36.20% Option 2 : No 3158 1457 1701 59.43% 55.02% 63.80% Favorite item predictably : Chocolate! With open text answer we asked respondents to share with us what are the items they plan to buy. Most favorite is chocolate, followed by flowers, doll, clothes, shoes, and wrist watch. # Answer Total Answer Percentage 1 Chocolate (1) 723 33.52 % 2 Chocolate (2) 143 6.63 % 3 Flowers (1) 81 3.76 % 4 Dolls 79 3.66 % 5 Clothes 70 3.25 % 6 Shoes 42 1.95 % 7 Wristwatch 31 1.44 % 8 Chocolate (3) and Flower (2) 29 1.34 % 9 Food 28 1.3 % 10 Ring 25 1.16 % 11 Cake/Cookies 21 0.97 % 12 Bags 16 0.74 % 13 Chocolate (4) and Flower (5) 15 0.7 % 14 Clothes (2) 14 0.65 % 15 Necklace 12 0.56 % 16 Chocolate (5) 12 0.56 % 17 Chocolate (6) and Doll (2) 12 0.56 % 18 Jewelry 11 0.51 % 19 Watch 10 0.46 % 20 Books 9 0.42 % 54.36% Will be a Gift for Boyfriend/Girlfriend And comparing male vs female Q3 (multiple answer) : To Whom You’ll Shop The Item? Total Gender Male Female Option 1 : Boyfriend/Girlfriend 1172 735 437 54.36% 34.09% 20.27% Option 2 : Parents 426 207 219 19.76% 9.60% 10.16% Option 3 : Brother/Sister 282 128 154 13.08% 5.94% 7.14% Option 4 : Work Friends 132 60 72 6.12% 2.78% 3.34% Option 5 : College Friends 190 98 92 8.81% 4.55% 4.27% Option 6 : School Friends 142 81 61 6.59% 3.76% 2.83% Option 7 : Myself, to be wore/use at Valentine’s day 450 169 281 20.87% 7.84% 13.03% Option 8 : Other 352 177 175 16.33% 8.21% 8.12% Total 3146 1655 1491 145.92% 76.76% 69.16% Though most answers are refered to boyfriend/girlfriend, there are some unique insight if we compare male vs female answers. More male will shop valentine’s gift to girlfriend and their friends more than female. And more female will shop valentine’s gift to family, work friends and they also (13%) bought item for themselves to wear at Valentine’s day. That might includes the fashion stuff. The other answers contain most words related to wife or husband and their daughter or sons as the gift recipient. Where to buy? # Option Total Answer Percentage 1 Minimarket 620 28.76 % 2 Shopping Mall 530 24.58 % 3 Online 363 16.84 % 4 Specialty Shop/ Boutique/Jewelry Shop 315 14.61 % 5 Hypermarket 261 12.11 % 6 Other option 67 3.11 % 28.76% will shop Valentine’s item in Minimarket, and 24.58% will shop in Shopping mall, and suprisingly 16.84% will shop online. Though it’s not the top answer, still online is voted by significant no. of segment here. Comparing male vs female respondent Q4 (single answer) : Rencananya anda akan membeli barang tersebut secara online atau langsung di toko? Total Gender Male Female Option 1 : Online 363 216 147 16.84% 18.14% 15.23% Option 2 : Minimarket 620 358 262 28.76% 30.06% 27.15% Option 3 : Hypermarket 261 132 129 12.11% 11.08% 13.37% Option 4 : Shopping Mall 530 259 271 24.58% 21.75% 28.08% Option 5 : Specialty Shop/Boutique/Jewelry Shop 315 195 120 14.61% 16.37% 12.44% Option 6 : Other 67 31 36 3.11% 2.60% 3.73% Total 2156 1191 965 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% More male will shop online and in minimarket while more female will shop in the shopping mall. Plan for Dinner and Watch Movies We also asked do they plan other thing to do on Valentine’s day other than shopping any gift or item to be given or used during Valentine’s day. Dinner and watching movies are most mentioned answers. # Answer Total Answer Percentage 1 None 597 27.69 % 2 Dinner 245 11.36 % 3 Watch Movies 195 9.04 % 4 Yes 131 6.08 % 5 None 102 4.73 % 6 Eat out 55 2.55 % 7 dinner 46 2.13 % 8 Dinner 25 1.16 % 9 Watch Movies 16 0.74 % 10 Watch Movies 16 0.74 % How much budget they plan to spend? Comparing male vs female, we crosstab between male/female (divide for each monthly spending level) VS Valentine’s shopping budget: Female Budget/Month Spending < USD 100 USD 101 – 200 USD 201 – 300 USD 301 – 500 USD 501 – 750 < Rp 100.000 44.72% 31.75% 16.79% 16.85% 5.00% Rp 100.001 – Rp 300.000 39.02% 43.03% 40.15% 31.46% 35.00% Rp 300.001 – Rp 500.000 10.57% 15.13% 24.09% 28.09% 25.00% Rp 500.001 – Rp 750.000 2.44% 4.45% 7.30% 8.99% 10.00% Rp 750.001 – Rp 1.000.000 1.08% 2.08% 8.76% 6.74% 5.00% > Rp 1.000.001 2.17% 3.56% 2.92% 7.87% 20.00% Grand Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% Male Male Budget/Month Spending < USD 100 USD 101 – 200 USD 201 – 300 USD 301 – 500 USD 501 – 750 < Rp 100.000 39.04% 18.36% 12.90% 8.05% 3.70% Rp 100.001 – Rp 300.000 36.33% 40.82% 33.55% 24.14% 25.93% Rp 300.001 – Rp 500.000 10.86% 17.63% 20.00% 22.99% 37.04% Rp 500.001 – Rp 750.000 4.18% 6.52% 11.61% 13.79% 7.41% Rp 750.001 – Rp 1.000.000 3.55% 8.94% 14.84% 14.94% 7.41% > Rp 1.000.001 6.05% 7.73% 7.10% 16.09% 18.52% Grand Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% For more detail you can download XLS report at the button below. AKPAT report consists of 3 parts which are 1) Respondent Profile, 2) Crosstabulation for each question and 3) Raw Data. Respondent profile shows you demographic profiles ( gendr,age range, locationby province, and monthly spending). Cross tabulation enables you to define different demographic segment preference on each answer. Click the icon to download XLS report And also PDF Report here: If you’re interested to do survey on retail and consumer goods field toward our respondents, we have over 23,000 mobile respondents ranged from age 17-50 years old, smartphone active users, and located in all regions of Indonesia that has installed our app and readily answering your survey. Those 23,000 respondents has been verified, profiled, and continuously tracked to make sure you get the updated profiles of them. 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