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This study aimed to understand the Polish respondents’ mobile buying in terms of the number of mobile shop** transactions during the Covid-19 pandemic time against per-Covid-19 pandemic time based on the respondents’ gender. The objective was to determine whether the Polish female and male mobile shoppers demonstrated an incremental pattern in the average mobile shop** transactions per month during the Covid-19 pandemic versus pre-Covid-19 pandemic time. The quantitative approach dominated the analysis. Accordingly, there was no statistically significant difference in the average mobile shop** transactions per month during the Covid-19 pandemic time between the two groups. However, the results showed that mobile shop** is a solution to cope with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, especially among female respondents. Moreover, to understand the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on female and male mobile shoppers, the author would recommend conducting qualitative studies.
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Fernando, K.S.D. (2023). The Use of Mobile Technologies for Shop** During the Pre-Covid-19 Pandemic Versus Covid-19 Pandemic Time; A Gender-Based Quantitative Study. In: Lau, E., Brahmana, R.K., Tan, L.M. (eds) Economics and Finance Readings. APEF 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1979-6_9
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