Research Article

Modelling the Air Ticket Purchase Behavior Incorporating Latent Class Model

Table 1

Selected attributes of personal feature.

No.VariablesValues

1Age≤22; >22&≤30; >30&≤40; >40&≤50; >50
2OccupationNone; company worker; merchant; civil servant; farmer; others
3PositionStaff; first-line; middle-level; top-level
4Income, unit: 10,000RMB per year≤5; >5&≤10; >10&≤20; >20&≤40; >40
5Frequent travel purposesBusiness; family; study; leisure; others
6Long-distance frequency per year≤1; >1&≤3; >3&≤5; >5&≤8; >8
7Purchase date for business≤3; >3&≤7; >7&≤14; >14&≤30; >30
8Purchase date for leisure≤7; >7&≤14; >15&≤30; >30&≤60; >60