Following are certain classifications and the type of products that they are likely to purchase:

• Young & single: Personal consumption items, entertainment, bikes, clothing and love to go on a vacation.

• Newly married couples: Households durables like furniture, TVs, refrigerators, etc.

• Young married with child: Toys, medicines, tonics, baby food, formula milk, etc.

• Older married with children: Food products, music, educational services and wide variety of other products.

• Older married with dependant children: Rational purchases more on replacement buying.

• Older married with no children: Self-education, saving schemes, hobbies, luxury appliances, magazines, health products, etc.

• Old single retired: Economic lifestyle, health-care and other services and have budget constraints.

• Young married with child dual income: Convenience goods like washing machines, microwave ovens, costly garments for the kid along with games. Expenditure on instant food and crèches, etc.

• Single parent families: Buying physical, psychological and financial securities, like insurance, alarms, boarding school expenses.

• Divorced: Money saving products, rental housing, childcare, time saving appliances, etc.

• Older people married or single: Cash poor and health conscious. They need security and recreation.

• Middle age: Children’s lesson on dance and music, dental care, furniture, autos, houses, dining out, etc.

• Middle aged with no children: Luxuries, travels, gift products, etc.

This is one of the segmentation variables to be considered while understanding the target audience.