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Leading purchase channels to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020, by age

Characteristic	16 to 24 years old	25 to 34 years old	35 to 44 years old	45 to 54 years old	55 years and older
In a local farmer's market	3.29%	1.25%	1.43%	1.4%	1.61%
In a small, local grocery store or kiosk	11.84%	13.6%	12.88%	11.16%	12.9%
In a supermarket/hypermarket	39.47%	38.64%	40.9%	41.4%	43.55%
Online on an e-commerce platform	41.45%	45.62%	43.56%	43.26%	38.71%
Others	3.95%	0.89%	1.23%	2.79%	3.23%

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May 2020

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Region

South Korea

Survey time period

April 9 to 30, 2020

Number of respondents

1,477 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

among female and male respondents that engaged in panic buying

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: Where did you purchase the items in bulk?

The survey was conducted among 793 female and 684 male respondents.

The survey was conducted among
152 respondents aged 16 to 24 years,
559 respondents aged 25 to 34 years,
489 respondents aged 35 to 44 years,
215 respondents aged 45 to 54 years and
62 respondents aged 55 years and older.

Other surveyed countries included China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.

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According to a survey by on panic buying due to the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea in 2020, the top two places where the respondents engaged in panic buying were supermarkets and e-commerce platforms. Overall, older people were more likely to visit supermarkets, while young people most often used online sellers. Of the almost ten thousand Koreans surveyed, only 15.4 percent took part in panic buying.