Abstract:

In this study, the relationship between the socio-economic status of consumers living in Hatay and the place of purchase of organic products and the characteristics of consumers in organic products were investigated. Of the surveyed consumers, 37.0% were women and 63.0% were men. Thirty-nine consumers were married and 31.0% were single. The ages of consumers ranged from 35 to 44 years, the rate of university graduates was 30.7% and the rate of civil servants was 29.9%. For the purchase of organic products, 43.2% of consumers buy organic products from producers, 23.7% from markets, 17.2% from organic product stores and 15.9% from big markets. The results of the research were relations between the places where consumers buy organic products and their gender; between education levels and purchasing attitudes and between income levels and purchasing attitudes were statistically significant (P<0.05), whereas all other relations were not significant.

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