The effect of culture of different countries in university students while wearing clothes and making choices for their clothes

The effect of culture of different countries in university students while wearing clothes and making choices for their clothes

This study aims to determine the differences amongst countries in terms of students' preferences of buying clothes and getting dressed who are at the same age and are from the cultures of various countries. The sample of the research consists of 389 students coming from Liverpool of Britain, Nicosia of Cyprus and Turkic Republics who attend the universities in Ankara. The data of the research have been collected by means of the survey which has been prepared in order to determine demographic attributes of the students, their behaviors of buying clothes and their preferences of getting dressed. The collected data have been analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 15,0). The relation between the behaviors of the students - to buy clothes- from the cultures of various countries has been evaluated on p

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