final presentaion

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Consumer Survey:Project Results For The Saint Lucian

Ministry Of Commerce. By: Carolyn Spinelli, Jack Birmingham,

Greg Cefalu, and Dylan Greer.

Project Overview

Changes in purchasing power over the last year

Variations in purchasing habits Fluctuation of savings

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Methods

Overview

382 total surveys

100 survey per region

Reach a broad demographic

Data entry

Run statistics on data

Reduce bias while conducting surveys

*All responses are private, voluntary and confidential.

Greg conducting Survey in Vieux Fort

Demographics

28.8% Primary, 40.3% Secondary, 29.1% Tertiary, .5% Don’t Know, 1.3% Refused

55.5% Men, 44.0% Women, .5% Refused

Carolyn and Jack entering survey data.

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Results

Reoccurring Statements

*All words and phrases above are directly quoted by Saint Lucians.

Respondents by percentage: “Are you now spending more on your everyday purchases as compared to this time

last year?”

92.9

6.5 0.5

YesNo Don't KnowRefused

“Have price changes affected your purchasing habits?”

Strongly DisagreeDisagree

Neither disagree nor agreeAgree

Strongly AgreeDon't Know

Refused

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.01.6

8.67.6

33.047.9

1.00.3

Percentage

“I am not able to save anymore, I have to dip into my savings just to pay for food.” –Man from Vieux Fort (1/8/2014)

“In the past year have rising prices caused you to buy more/less of the following?: Food

and Non-Alcoholic Beverages?”

More

Less

No Change

Don't Know

Refused

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.013.6

62.8

23.3

0.0

0.3

Percentage

“Are you saving less money due to the increase in prices?”

Yes

No

No Change

Don't Know

Refused

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.084.6

8.4

5.2

0.8

1.0

Percentage

Thank You!

Damian Monrose, and Lyra Joesph Saint Lucian Ministry of Commerce Thomas DeSisto Kevin Stapleton