Serpil ALTINIRMAK
İlkay BADURLAR
Mehmet YILDIRIM
Orkun ŞEN
Ahmet AYTEKİN
Basil OKOTH
Çağlar KARAMAŞA

Consumption impacts individuals‘ decisions and the society in which they live positively or negatively as a result of consumption requirement. As each individual in the society has to consume, the concept of consumption affects the decisions and the society in which individuals live positively or negatively. As an individual develops, his/her decisions as a consumer continues to change. Therefore, while consumers are making decisions, they should be conscious about the responsibilities which the consumption decisions bring about. While trying to survive, consumers should act carefully in consuming indispensible materials which are also used by other people or living beings. The factors affecting consumption behavior includes; different personalities in which different behaviours and characters emerged at different ages and therefore purchased products and services are different, psychological factors that thesatisfaction and perception concepts are high and the social environment in which consumer is involved can be listed under three headings as the social factors that effect decision making process. The basic point considered in economic growth and development of countries is to increase the amount of savings. It is quite important to raise the saving consciousness and to encourage people to gain this in early ages. When evaluated in terms of children, from the prenatal stage to the educational stage, is included in the family budget. Also, since it s easier to influence and direct the children than adults, as children grow up, the effects on the family budget are improving. In this study, it was aimed to detect saving and consumption preferences of the children between the ages of 6-10 via ―Consumption and Saving Scale ‖ obtained by applying focus group and pilot studies.

Keywords: Consumption, Saving, Students‘ Preferences