Investigating the Influencing Factors of the Purchase Intention of the Continuing Care Retirement Community: A Case Study of Shenzhen

Shenghan Li, Jun Huang, Chen Lu, Zezhou Wu, Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari

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Abstract

China officially entered the aging society in 2000, witnessing a rapid surge in demand for senior care services. In response, the real estate industry introduced the concept of Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The relationship between this model and complex risks in urban security resilience encompasses various factors, including filial care, demand for senior care, and urban sustainable development. The strategic layout and planning of CCRC enhance the security resilience of urban operational systems in the face of intricate senior care risks. However, the development and operation of CCRCs have encountered the challenge of sluggish project progress, primarily due to a lack of robust purchase intention. This study investigates the factors influencing the purchase intention of CCRCs in mainland China, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as the foundational theoretical model. Additionally, three contextual constructs (economic cost, product performance, and external stimuli) were introduced to form the initial model. Based on the initial model, six factors were identified and nine hypotheses were proposed. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis was employed to test the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate that consumers’ purchase intention of CCRCs is primarily influenced by product performance and subjective norms, followed by economic cost. At the same time, external stimuli have a significant indirect effect on it.
Original languageEnglish
Article number2201
Number of pages28
JournalSustainability
Volume16
Issue number5
Early online date6 Mar 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Mar 2024

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Funding

This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 72371171; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 72001148; the Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China, project number: 19YJCZH110; and the National Social Science Fund of China, 20BRK012.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China72001148, 72371171
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China19YJCZH110
National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences20BRK012

    Keywords

    • continuing care retirement community
    • purchase intention
    • influencing factors
    • structural equation modeling

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