Frugality Scale (Lastovicka)
Marketing & SalesReliability: alpha 0.843 sample items
About this scale
An 8-item measure of consumer frugality — disciplined resourcefulness in acquiring and using economic goods to achieve longer-term goals.
Sample item(s)
“If you take good care of your possessions, you will save money in the long run”
“Making better use of my resources makes me feel good”
“There are things I resist buying today so I can save for tomorrow”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.84. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Lastovicka, J. L., Bettencourt, L. A., Hughner, R. S., & Kuntze, R. J. (1999): Lifestyle of the tight and frugal: Theory and measurement. Journal of Consumer Research, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 85–98.
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