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Journal of Korea Planning Association - Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 138-158
Abbreviation: J. of Korea Plan. Assoc.
ISSN: 1226-7147 (Print) 2383-9171 (Online)
Print publication date 30 Apr 2021
Final publication date 03 Mar 2021
Received 28 Sep 2020 Revised 16 Feb 2021 Reviewed 23 Feb 2021 Accepted 23 Feb 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17208/jkpa.2021.04.56.2.138

Big Data-Based Analysis of Characteristics of Consumption Sales by Region and Age : Focused on Seoul
Lee, Su-Bin** ; Son, Su-Min*** ; Kim, Sun-Jeong**** ; Nam, Jin*****
**Master’s Candidate, Department of Urban Planning & Design/Department of Smart Cities, The University of Seoul (binyi9034@uos.ac.kr)
***Master’s Candidate, Department of Smart Cities, The University of Seoul (helen0282@uos.ac.kr)
****Master’s Candidate, Department of Smart Cities, The University of Seoul (suni0574@uos.ac.kr)
*****Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Design/Department of Smart Cities, The University of Seoul (jnam@uos.ac.kr)

Correspondence to : *****Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Design/Department of Smart Cities, The University of Seoul (Corresponding Author, jnam@uos.ac.kr)

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the characteristics of sales distribution in Seoul in 2019 by region and age using big credit card data. Prior to the analysis, similar consumption spaces were noted in all age groups, but there were age groups such as 20s, 40s, and 60s that showed characteristic spaces. In the 20s age group, consumption was observed around university districts such as Hwayang-dong, Gayang 1-dong, and Seocho 3-dong, whereas in the 40s age group, consumption was observed in Daechi 1-dong and Yongsin-dong, which are specialized in education. Finally, in the 60s age group, consumption was confirmed in large hospitals and places where living facilities were concentrated, such as Sangil-dong, Sinjeong 7-dong, and Ihwa-dong. This demonstrated that there were differences in areas where consumption occurred by age. To clearly identify and classify the regional characteristics of consumption areas by age, the main components were analyzed to correct the variables, and then a cluster analysis was conducted. Consequently, seven groups were classified as administrative districts in Seoul. A closer look at the seven clusters revealed that the elderly, the higher was the expenditure of the financial/insurance/property and medical sectors, and the young, the higher was the expenditure of the tourism/entertainment/leisure/wear sector. This identified differences in the types of businesses consumed by age. Furthermore, the results of the current situation analysis show that regional characteristics affect age-specific sales differences. A combination of local sales and commercial areas has shown that differences in population guidance facilities and business types have a greater impact on age-specific consumption than on commercial regional distributions.


Keywords: Regional Characteristics, Big Data, Card Sales, Consumption Behavior by Age, Regional Consumption
키워드: 지역특성, 빅데이터, 카드 매출액, 연령별 소비행태, 지역 내 소비

Ⅰ. Introduction
1. Research Background and Purpose

As Korea is entering a period of sluggish economic development, consumption has a greater impact on the regional economy of Korea than does production. According to data from the National Statistical Office, the impact of consumption has increased continuously since 2009, when profit from industry was exceeded by profit from consumption. Accordingly, the government has announced that the virtuous circle of income-consumption-economic revitalization to facilitate consumption within the regions will be one of the key methods of economic growth, and has promoted relevant policies. The realization of specific policies requires not only national policies but also customized strategies developed by individual municipal governments to increase consumption (KRIHS, 2017; Kang and Lee, 2018).

This requires thorough understanding of the spatial distribution of consumption in cities as well as the regional characteristics that cause differences in consumption. However, few studies have been conducted on interactions between consumption and urban spaces.

Previous studies based on life cycle theory have shown that the consumption behavior differs among stages of the life cycle. However, the differences have been interpreted by focusing only on typified consumption expenditure patterns, such as housing expenses and food expenses. In addition, because previous studies were mainly based on data acquired from surveys such as household budget survey and family status surveys, the spaces in which consumption occurs have not been studied sufficiently.

Data limitations of consumption studies may be supplemented by using the credit card big data, which has started to be utilized in recent studies. Credit card big data, collected through a computer system on a real-time basis when credit card transactions take place, is valuable data that can show the overall characteristics of consumption by the civilian sector in Korea (Yoo, 2018; Kim and Kim, 2019). The data rapidly reflect the actual consumption occurring in urban spaces, and include almost no errors with regard to the measurement positions.

The present study was conducted using credit card sale big data to investigate the spatial distribution of consumption and consumption behavior of different age groups in Seoul, and to typify the differences in the consumption depending on the regional characteristics through a cluster analysis to understand the regional characteristics. The results of the present study will provide basic data of current status examination to establish a plan for managing land use and density in each region and district according to the Basic Urban Plan and the Management Plan.

2. Research Method and Flow

The temporal range of the present study is the year 2019; the spatial range and analytical units include the 424 administrative dongs of Seoul. The data utilized in the study were credit card purchases big data from Hyundai Card, wherein the amount of purchases was estimated in consideration of the utilization of credit cards of other companies. The credit card sales data provide the sum of annual purchases with reference to the gender, age, day of the week, time and business category.

Figure 1 shows the flow of the present study. First, the theory and previous studies on consumption were reviewed to discuss the research flow and the methodologies of the previous studies, describing how the present study is different from previous studies. After that, credit card sales big data of 2019 were used to investigate the spatial distribution of the amount of purchases by age in the individual administrative dongs of Seoul. Based on the analytical results of the current status, a two-stage analysis was performed. First, a factor analysis was performed to remove from the regional characteristic variables affecting the consumption; these are variables that have a low importance and thus are not combined as a factor. In addition, principal component analysis was performed based on the eigenvalues and variances of the individual factors. Second, cluster analysis was performed with the extracted variables to typify the differences in the consumption consumption for each region, and the results were interpreted. Finally, using the conclusions of the present study, this article provides suggestions of urban policies related to consumption.


Figure 1. 
The flow chart of research


Ⅱ. Review of Theory and Previous Studies
1. Review of Life Cycle Theory on Consumption

Life cycle refers to the stage-by-stage procedure of individuals, which changes along with the time flow; life cycle theory highlights the importance of recognizing and adapting to changes in each stage because the social and economic roles of individuals are dependent on the life cycle. The life cycle is divided into stages according to changes that occur in the lives of individuals or families, and the stages are generally associated not only with age, physical changes or psychological factors of individuals but also the social roles played by the individuals. Previous studies on life cycle theory have shown that the income of individuals may be dependent upon the stages in the life cycle of individuals.

The life cycle theory in the field of consumption, presented by F. Modigliani and A. Ando, is a consumption theory that suggests that people determine the currently appropriate consumption level in consideration of income throughout life. Individuals maintain a reasonable level of consumption to maximize the efficacy of consumption; the consumption expenditure is determined with reference to the resources available in life. This implies that consumption expenditure behavior of middle individuals, who have a relatively high income and thus save much, is different from that of youths and the elderly, who have relatively low income.

With the assumption that economic factors, such as the income and asset of individuals in each stage of the life cycle, change according to life cycle theory, and individuals show different consumption expenditure behaviors accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the regional characteristics that affect the consumption expenditure behavior of different age groups by using credit card sales big data.

2. Review of Previous Studies

As shown in Table 1, the previous studies related to the present study were reviewed from the two aspects. First, the previous studies on consumption were reviewed to analyze the differences in the credit card sales with regard to the characteristics of consumption expenditure, change of consumption patterns, and regional consumption structure. Second, the studies on regional characteristics were reviewed to set the variables related to the difference of the consumption among the regions, centered on the studies in which the regional types were classified and their characteristics were analyzed.

Table 1. 
Review of prior research


1) Previous Studies on Consumption

Consumption occurs in actual spaces and is directly connected with regional consumption. Since the enhancement of regional consumption may revitalize the overall regional economy without actively extending the basis for export, consumption is expected to be used as a method for revitalizing the regional economy. As the role of consumption increases, the government has prepared various policies to revitalize consumption, and there is an increasing need for study of the consumption characteristics of individual regions (Won and Chung, 2015; Kim and Seo, 2016; Kim and Yeom, 2017; Song and Park, 2017).

Kim and Yeom (2015) divided the entirety of South Korea into 7 regions, and analyzed the proportions of business categories in credit card sales in the individual regions. The results showed that Gangwon-do is focused on tourism and Jeju-do showed a high share in food and accomodations, indicating that business categories having large shares in consumption are different among regions. The Seoul Metropolitan Area accounted for more than 50% of credit card sales of the entire country.

Previous studies on consumption showed that consumption decreases from middle age to old age in a ∩-shaped curve (Kim and Kim, 2019). It was also found that eating-out and accomodations expenditures account for a higher portion in consumption by youths and the middle aged group, while food expenditures accounted for a higher portion in the consumption by the elderly (Sung, 2013; KIF, 2014; Hwang et al., 2015; HRI, 2017). These results show that the expenditure pattern is different among age groups, as assumed by the life cycle consumption theory. This suggests that the differences of the consumption among the age groups should be considered in order to thoroughly understand the spatial distribution of consumption.

2) Studies on Regional Characteristics Factors

Since regions have multifaceted factors, the regional types should be defined more clearly to understand regional characteristics (Lee and Ji, 1998; Lee, 2002). Regional characteristics are generated by the accumulation of the changes in the activities by the residents caused by the differences of the planning factors, such as the regulation and management of land use, and the physical environment (Jang, 2019).

Kim and Lee (2019) conducted a study with local businesses that play important roles in the basic economic life of local residents to analyze the factors affecting the amount of sales, and identified that the factors are the economic level of the customers in the surrounding region and the large-scale distributors (Turan et al., 2013), which can increase the number of consumers by attracting customers. The results also showed that the amount of sales by the local businesses increased as they were distanced from a developed commercial area, suggesting that the analysis should include not only the internal characteristics of a commercial area, such as the population density and income level of the adjacent areas, but also the spatial characteristics of the surrounding region.

Kim and Yang (2013) analyzed the factors affecting the inflow and outflow of population, which are important to securing of independent financial sources of municipal governments, and found that the factors are changes in businesses, the conditions of local infrastructure, and access to mass transportation.

Kang and Lee (2011) analyzed the factors affecting urban creativity, the internal force to sustain local development, in terms of population, household, industry, economy, land and settlement environment, and reported that the number of medical centers per 10,000 population, the ratio of foreign residents, and the area of parks per person have a positive effect on the urban creativity, the medical centers having the highest impact.

Based on these previous studies, the present study was conducted with the regional characteristic factors of population, housing, industry, economy, land use, transportation, and customer attracting facilities, which were used in selecting the variables for analysis.

3) Differences from Previous Studies

As consumption plays an increasing role in the revitalization of overall regional economy, many studies have been conducted to investigate the characteristics of consumption in different regions. Most of the studies were conducted to investigate differences of the consumption behavior among the age groups based on the life cycle assumption and the difference of the portions of consumption items among the regions. In addition, the regional characteristics factors affecting the population inflow and outflow and urban creativity were analyzed to understand the multifaceted factors of regions. The revitalization of the overall regional economy requires studies on consumption in smaller units of the regions. However, such studies have not been conducted sufficiently.

The present study is different from the previous studies in that the regional characteristic variables that affect the amount of consumption were established in consideration of the consumption behavior of different age groups, and the regional characteristics that incur consumption were clearly typified through a cluster analysis of the variables. The credit card big data, used in the present study, are a highly useful consumption variable in modern society, which is seeking a cash-free nature, and enable the researchers to accurately investigate the consumption characteristics in different regions and business categories. The present study is different from previous studies in that the present study is an empirical study conducted by using the credit card big data, which provide comprehensive information about consumption status of individual regions.


Ⅲ. Analysis of Consumption Status
1. Description of Credit Card Sales Data

This study was conducted using the credit card sales big data of Hyundai Card, provided by SKT. The data include annual amount of purchases with reference to different genders, 10-year age groups, days of the week, time slots, and business categories in the Seoul Metropolitan Area in 2019, estimated in consideration of the utilization of the credit cards of other companies. The data consist of 30,315,084 cells and show the sales status according to the reference date, sub-regional code, large/medium/small business category, day of the week, and time slots. According to the purpose of the study, the data for the time slots were integrated with the data for one day, and the total amount of yearly sales from each region was converted to the amount of the daily sales.

The present study was conducted by using the data according to the age groups, days of the week and the business categories. For the sake of analytical convenience, the data were arranged in the units of the 424 administrative dongs of Seoul. With regard to the business category, the business category classification by the credit card company, which is closely related to the actual business categories of the private businesses, was applied instead of the standard business category classification provided by the National Statistical Office. The conventional business category codes, including 28 large categories and 198 medium categories, were rearranged to 18 business types, including eating-out, life service, education, manufacturing, accomodations, healthcare, and general merchandise, in consideration of the proportions of the business categories in the amount of sales. After confirming that all of these business types are classified as service industry, the business types were used as the business category classification in the present study.

The business categories of the highest sales identified for the weekdays and the weekends were hospital and miscellaneous sales industry, respectively. The top 3 administrative dongs in the weekday sales were Yeoksam 1-dong (13.54%), Daechi 4-dong (4.29%) and Sajik 4-dong (3.50%), and the top 3 administrative dongs in weekend sales were Yeoksam 1-dong (9.26%), Mok 1-dong (3.58%) and Sogong-dong (3.05%). This means that the consumption behavior is different between weekdays and weekends, and thus the data should analyzed separately. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the weekday data.

The data for January and February 2019 were excluded from the analysis because of the absence of sub-regional codes that happened in the early data collection stage. In addition, the amount of purchases by the teenage group was not included in the calculation of the total amount of purchases, because credit cards are not issued to youths in their teens and thus the data for teens is hardly considered as data purely from teens.

2. Consumption Sales Status in Seoul
1) Status in Entire Seoul

(1) Consumption Sales Status by Age Group

According to the amount of purchases by the age groups in Seoul, purchases by those in their forties were 33.8 trillion KRW (29.86%), the highest share, followed by those in their thirties (31.8 trillion KRW, 27.68%), fifties (24.7 trillion KRW, 21.86%), sixties (11.7 trillion KRW, 10.35%) and twenties (11.6 trillion KRW, 10.25%).

(2) Consumption Sales Distribution in Administrative Zones (Gu)

The amount of purchases by all age groups in the 25 administrative zones (gu) in Seoul was analyzed. The total amount of purchases was 113.9 trillion KRW. The top 4 administrative zones were Gangnam-gu (34.6 trillion KRW, 30.5%), Jung-gu (9.2 trillion KRW, 8.14%), Seocho-gu (8.8 trillion KRW, 7.84%) and Jongro-gu (7.3 trillion KRW, 6.48%), accounting for 53% of the total amount of purchases in Seoul. It was noted that 7 administrative zones out of the top 10 list were south of the Han River, indicating that consumption in specific regions has a large share in the total amount of purchases in Seoul.

(3) Characteristics of Administrative Dongs ranked in the top 10% in Sales

Among the 424 administrative dongs in Seoul, the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales account for 61.79% of the total amount of sales in Seoul. Therefore, the regional characteristics of the administrative dongs were investigated (see Figure 2 and Table 2).


Figure 2. 
The present situation of the top 10% card sales area in Seoul

Table 2. 
Region where the top 10% card sales have occurred


The amount of sales was highest in Yeoksam 1-dong (13.54%), followed by Daechi 4-dong (4.29%) and Sajik 4-dong (3.50%), Sogong-dong (3.05%), Gonghang-dong (2.66%), Sinsa-dong (1.97%), Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4ga-dong (1.95%), Mok 1-dong (1.82%), Hoehyeon-dong (1.81%), and Myeong-dong (1.79%). In Yeoksam 1-dong, the amount of sales was highest in the general merchandise among the business categories. The commercial areas are around subway stations, such as Gangnam Station, Yeoksam Station, Seonreung Station and Seonjeongreung Station, where there are large-scale customer facilities including CGV, Megabox, Le Merdian Seoul, and the Gangnam Cha Medical Center.

The analysis showed that administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales included at least 3 subway stations of different subway lines or double or triple subway station spheres or commercial areas with a complex transfer center, such as a bus terminal, where there are large complex facilities including department stores and hotels. In addition, the amount of sales is high in areas where specialized industrial and business facilities are concentrated.

Considering these characteristics, the analysis showed that amounts of sales are high in regions that play roles of central places in Seoul, where transportation facilities and commercial and business areas are concentrated.

(4) Characteristics of Administrative Dongs Ranked Bottom 10% in Sales

Among the 424 administrative dongs in Seoul, the amount of sales is lowest in Dunchon 1-dong, where there is no consumption area due to a reconstruction project. Most of the administrative dongs ranked in the bottom 10% in sales were regions where urban renewal projects including redevelopment and reconstruction projects were being carried out, like Dunchon 1-dong, or residential areas with small houses in hilly areas where there are extensive green areas without large shops (see Figure 2 and Table 3).

Table 3. 
Region where the bottom 10% card sales have occurred


2) Consumption Sales Status in Seoul by Age Group

With regard to the spatial background of Seoul, the amounts of purchases by age groups in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% were analyzed in the analytical period of 2019.

The total amount of purchases by those in their twenties was 11.6 trillion KRW; the sum of purchases in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in purchases was 7 trillion KRW (66.3%). According to Figure 3 and Table 4, the top 3 administrative dongs are Yeoksam 1-dong (11.1%), Sogong-dong (4.08%) and Sinsa-dong (3.48%), and the proportion of Yeoksam 1-dong is outstanding. The administrative dongs that were ranked in the top 10% only in the amount of purchases by those in their twenties are Hwayang-dong (0.66%), Gayang 1-dong (0.53%) and Seocho 3-dong (0.48%), wherein all the three dongs include many commercial facilities located around universities, such as KonKuk University, Ewha Womans University Medical School and Seoul National University of Education. Gayang 1-dong was located in a semi-industrial district with many education and research facilities. The analysis of the amount of purchases in the three dongs by business category showed that eating-out was the business category that recorded the highest sales in all three dongs. This indicates that all three dongs reflected consumption behavior of people in their twenties, focused on consumption of food and beverages around universities.


Figure 3. 
The present situation of 20s consumption area

Table 4. 
Region where 20s consumption have occurred


Next, the total amount of purchases by those in their thirties was 31.8 trillion KRW, and the sum of purchases in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% of purchases was 20.5 trillion KRW (65.5%). The amount of purchases by those in their thirties was 2.7 times more than the amount of purchases by those in their twenties. As shown in Figure 4 and Table 5, the top 3 administrative dongs are Yeoksam 1-dong (14.69%), Sogong-dong (4.26%) and Gonghang-dong (3.36%), and there was no administrative dong that was ranked in the top 10% only in the amount of purchases by those in their thirties.


Figure 4. 
The present situation of 30s consumption area

Table 5. 
Region where 30s consumption have occurred


The total amount of purchases by those in their forties was 33.8 trillion KRW, and the sum of the purchases in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales was 21.3 trillion KRW (63%). As shown in Figure 5 and Table 6, the top 3 administrative dongs are Yeoksam 1-dong (15.8%), Daechi 4-dong (4.36%) and Sajik-dong (3.40%), and the administrative dongs that were ranked in the top 10% only in the amount of purchases by those in their forties are Daechi 1-dong (0.45%) and Yongsin-dong (0.44%). Daechi 1-dong includes Dachi Elementary School, Daecheong Middle School, Dan-kook High School; Yongshin-dong includes Yongdu Elementary School, Daegwang Middle School and Daegwang High Shool. The analysis of the amount of sales by business category showed that consumption was highest in the category of educational services. One difference was that the amount of sales was higher near the preparatory hagwons in Daechi 1-dong, while it was higher near the general hagwons in Yongshin-dong. Both of the dongs reflected the consumption behavior of those in their forties with children of school age, focused on education services.


Figure 5. 
The present situation of 40s consumption area

Table 6. 
Region where 40s consumption have occurred


The total amount of purchases by those in their fifties was 24.7 trillion KRW, and the sum of the purchases in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales was 12.3 trillion KRW (60.2%). The amount of consumption is lower than that of those in their forties, but the top 3 administrative dongs are still Yeoksam 1-dong (12.4%), Daechi 4-dong (6.01%) and Sajik-dong (5.28%), the same as those in their forties and sixties. There was not an administrative dong that particularly reflected the unique consumption behavior of the specific age group (see Figure 6 and Table 7).


Figure 6. 
The present situation of 50s consumption area

Table 7. 
Region where 50s consumption have occurred


The total amount of purchases by those in their sixties was 11.7 trillion KRW; the sum of purchases in the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales was 6.2 trillion KRW (52.9%). The top 3 administrative dongs are Yeoksam 1-dong (8.70%), Daechi 4-dong (5.34%) and Sajik-dong (4.76%), the same as those in their forties and fifties. The administrative dongs that were ranked in the top 10% only in the amount of purchases by those in their sixties were Sangil-dong (0.81%), Shinjeong 7-dong (0.59%), Ihwa-dong (0.56%), Anam-dong (0.48%), Guro 5-dong (0.43%) and Guro 2-dong (0.43%). Sangil-dong, Ihwa-dong, Anam-dong and Guro 2-dong include or are adjacent to university hospitals, such as Seoul National University Hospital, Korea University Medical Center (Anam Hospital) and Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital. Shinjeong 7-dong and Guro 5-dong include living facilities such as neighborhood parks and commercial areas. The characteristics of these administrative dongs are consistent with the finding that the amount of purchases by those in their sixties is high in the sequence of hospitals, insurance companies, and general merchandise stores. The consumption behavior in the administrative dongs reflected the life cycle characteristics of the elderly, focused on leisure life and health management (see Figure 7 and Table 8).


Figure 7. 
The present situation of over 60s consumption area

Table 8. 
Region where over 60s consumption have occurred


3) Sub-Conclusions About Consumption Status

Summarizing the analytical results until now, the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in purchases include many transportation facilities, are easily accessed from other regions, and incorporate many commercial and business facilities that increase the inflow of population. These characteristics were generally found in the amount of purchases by all age groups. In particular, the amount of purchases in administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in purchases by those in their thirties and fifties are the same as the amount of purchases by all the other age groups combined. However, the consumption by those in their twenties was focused in the areas adjacent to universities, the consumption by those in their forties in the areas specialized in educational services, and the consumption by those in their sixties or higher in the areas with large hospitals. This finding is consistent with the life cycle theory that the difference of the income level among the age groups results in the difference of the consumption, suggesting that the space of consumption is dependent upon the age.

The consumption status analysis showed the difference of the consumption spaces in Seoul according to the regions and age groups. An additional analysis was performed for typifying the regions to understand the causes of the difference in more details.


Ⅳ. Analysis of Regional Types Depending on Consumption Sales

In this study, a cluster analysis was performed to typify the regions in order to show that the regional characteristics factors, such as the density of population attracting facilities and land use, cause the difference of the consumption space among the regions and age groups. A principal component analysis was employed to select the variables to be used in the cluster analysis.

1. Principal Component Analysis

A principal component analysis is a data modification method to combine correlated variables with those who have similar characteristics to downscale them to a smaller number of principal components. A principal component analysis is performed to extract factors for describing the entire group in consideration of the correlations between the variables (Koo et al., 2005; Suh et al., 2012). The number of principal components is determined by the eigenvalues and variance of the factors. The determined principal components are, not individual statistical indicators, but new components that represent arbitrary characteristics, and the characteristics represented by the principal components can be understood through the variables constituting the them. A principal component analysis is employed to understand the structure of variables when the amount of information should be reduced or the variables of a low important should be removed. In the present study, a principal component analysis was performed to select the final variables by considering the importance of the variables selected through the review of the previous studies.

1) Variables Used in Principal Component Analysis

The variable that was employed in the present study to represent the consumption characteristics was the amount of purchases by different age groups. The data were calculated for the age groups of twenties, thirties to fifties, and sixties of higher. This was based on the life cycle theory and previous studies, which suggested that the consumption behavior is similar among the age groups of those in their thirties to fifties, as they have higher income and a higher ratio of saving than the youths and the elderly. In addition, the post-hoc test of the ANOVA indicated that the age group of the thirties is similar to the groups of those in their forties (p=0.883) and those in their fifties (p=0.262). Based on these findings, the sum of the amount of purchases by those in their thirties to fifties was used as a variable in the present study.

From the viewpoint of population characteristics, the resident population has been used as an important variable in the classical location market area theory, being utilized as a basic factor to calculate the size of a commercial area where consumption occurs or to estimate the amount of sales of stores. Hence, the resident population was selected in the present study as the population characteristic variable that affects the consumption, and the registered resident population data of the individual administrative dongs, provided by the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), was used in the analysis.

The status analysis showed that the general merchandise stores are ranked high places in the amount of sales by business category in Seoul. This suggests from the viewpoint of economic characteristics that the number of businesses and the number of employees in the regions may affect the consumption. Kim and Yang (2013) also reported that the change of the businesses affects the inflow and outflow of population. Therefore, the data about the number of businesses and the number of employees in the individual administrative dongs was applied to the analysis in the present study, as provided by the KOSIS. In addition, to correct the difference of the number of businesses with respect to the area of the individual administrative dongs, the density of businesses and the density of employees were considered as variables.

In view of the characteristics of urban spatial structure, land use zoning may affect the consumption, because buildings of different sizes, densities and uses are built according to the land use, which gives a macroscopic effect on the location of commercial areas. In addition, the status analysis described above also indicates that the land use distribution is different between the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in sales and those ranked bottom 10% in sales. Therefore, the areas of the residential, commercial, industrial and green zones, provided by the Urban Planning Information Service (UPIS), were converted to their ratios, which were then applied to the analysis.

In view of location characteristics, customer attracting facilities can attract population, incurring consumption not only at the facilities but also in the surrounding areas. Customer attracting facility, which has not been clearly defined in previous studies, is defined in the present study as a facility that causes consumption or that facilitates consumption in the surrounding areas. In the present study, the business categories that show a large amount of credit card purchases in Seoul were found, and a total of 8 facility variables were identified as facilities that cause the sales. The selected variables were large stores, hospitals, accommodation facilities, amusement facilities, government offices, broadcasting and communication facilities, universities and cultural facilities.

With regard to large stores, the ‘large store’ data from the local administrative licensing data service (LOCAL DATA) was used to obtain the number of large commercial facilities in each administrative dong, including department stores, superstores and outlets, removing the businesses that are closed temporarily or permanently. With regard to hospitals, the ‘hospital’ and ‘clinic’ data from the LOCAL DATA was used. Considering the size of the hospitals, the analysis was performed with the general hospitals having at least 30 beds or beds for long-term care according to Article 3, Paragraph 2 of the Medical Service Act. With regard to the accommodation facilities, the data for ‘tourism and accommodation business,’ ‘tourism and pension business,’ ‘accommodation business’ and ‘urban lodging business for international tourists’ were taken from the LOCAL DATA and processed to be used in the analysis. Considering the size of the accommodation facilities, only the number of accommodation facilities having at least 100 rooms was calculated. With regard to the amusement facilities, the data for ‘general amusement facility business,’ ‘comprehensive amusement facility business,’ ‘miscellaneous amusement facility business’ were taken from the LOCAL DATA, and only the data for theme parks was applied to the analysis. With regard to the government offices, only city halls and ward offices were considered. Although consumption does not occur at city halls and ward offices, they are anchor facilities that can incur consumption in the surrounding areas, and thus considered as customer attracting facilities. From the data for the government offices throughout Korea, provided by the Korea National Spatial Infrastructure Portal, only the data corresponding to Seoul was processed and applied to the analysis. The data about the broadcasting and communication facilities was also obtained from the Korea National Spatial Infrastructure Portal, and the facilities specifically named as ‘broadcasting station’ were taken into consideration. Universities were also considered as customer attracting facilities by the same rationale as city halls and ward offices. The data about the current status of universities in 2020 was prepared by complementing the Seoul campus big data for 2017, the newest available data. Finally, the data about cultural facilities was prepared by using the ‘urban life map – cultural facility information’ data from the Open Data Service of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. This dataset included the information about the culture and leisure-related facilities, such as movie theaters, concert halls and exhibition halls, and the data were processed for the individual administrative dongs to be applied to the analysis.

With respect to the traffic characteristics, the conventional location market area theory explains that consumption is decreased, as the distance to a commercial facility is increased. Due to the development of means of transportation in the modern society, the traffic characteristics of a region, rather than the simple distance, are considered as an important factor to the determination of consumption location. Therefore, subway stations, rail stations, and bus terminals were selected as traffic-related variables in the present study. The subway in Seoul, having a modal share of approximately 40% as of 2018, is a critical traffic-related variable. Therefore, the number of subway stations in the individual administrative dongs was investigated from the data provided by the Korea Local Information Research & Development Institute (KLID), and applied to the analysis. The number of rail stations was also investigated by using the data from the KLID, calculating the number of rail stations of the Gyeongbu, Honam and Gyeongchun railways located in Seoul. The data about the bus terminals was obtained from the Korea National Spatial Infrastructure Portal to investigate the size and location of the Seoul Express Bus Terminal, the Nambu Bus Terminal, the Sangbong Bus Terminal, and the East Seoul Bus Terminal (see Table 9).

Table 9. 
Principal component analysis input variables


2) Results of Principal Component Analysis

According to the results of the principal component analysis, the factors having an eigenvalue of 1 or greater were extracted. Table 10 shows the loads of the 4 extracted factors. The variables showing a high load on PC 1 are the density of businesses, the ratio of commercial area, the density of employees, and the number of large stores, which represent the characteristics of commercial facilities and commercial areas. The variables showing a high load on PC 2 are the number of employees, the number of businesses and the number of subway stations, which represent the characteristics of the business areas in subway station spheres. With regard to PC 3, the ratio of industrial area and the number of rail stations show a load of a positive (+) value, while the ratio of residential area shows a load of a negative (-) value. Therefore, the variables related to PC 3 represent the characteristics of the region where the ratio of industrial area is high. Finally, the variables showing a high load on PC 4 are the number of universities and the number of general hospitals, which represent the characteristics of the university areas with a university hospital.

Table 10. 
Factors extracted from principal components analysis and load


Based on the results of the principal component analysis, the variables of a low importance, not belong to any of the principal components, were removed to ensure the independence of the variables applied to the cluster analysis.

2. Cluster Analysis

A cluster analysis is a method for classifying objects into homogeneous groups according to the correlation based on their distance. The present study was conducted by using the K-means clustering, which is the most frequently used method of non-hierarchical cluster analysis, in order to typify the regions according to the consumption by the age group (Kim and Choi, 2006; Song and Chang, 2010). The statistical processing was performed by using the SPSS program. In the present study, the consumption regions in Seoul were typified by performing the K-means clustering with the consumption characteristics, population characteristics, economic characteristics, urban space structure characteristics, locational characteristics and traffic characteristics as the variables.

1) Variables Used in Cluster Analysis

Table 11 shows the variables derived to typify the consumption regions by the principal component analysis, described above, performed to remove the variables of a low importance.

Table 11. 
Setting of variable


2) Results of Cluster Analysis

All the administrative dongs of Seoul were categorized through the K-means clustering into the 7 types as described below (see Figure 8 and Tables 12 and 13).


Figure 8. 
Results of cluster analysis

Table 12. 
Basic statistics on sales by cluster


Table 13. 
Description and source of variable


Among 7 types, Types Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ and Ⅶ distinctively showed the regional characteristics related to consumption. Type Ⅲ corresponds to a single administrative dong of Banpo 4-dong. Although Type Ⅲ well reflected the traffic characteristics among the regional characteristics, it was excluded from the interpretation because of the small sample size. Types Ⅴ and Ⅵ were also excluded from the interpretation, because, in contrast to the other types, these types showed no significant different regional characteristics in the context of consumption, and include the administrative dongs having a high ratio of residential areas.

Therefore, the analytical results of the present study were interpreted by focusing on the four types (Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅳ and Ⅶ ) that showed clear regional characteristics in the context of consumption and had an appropriate number of samples.

(1) Type Ⅰ – High-sales and High-employee Number Reigion

Type Ⅰ included the administrative dongs that had the highest average sales and the highest number of employees among the 7 types, and was named as ‘high-sales and high-employee number region’.

The type of the high-sales and high-employee number regions reflect PC 2 from the principal component analysis, which includes the characteristics related to the business areas in subway station spheres. Therefore, the variables having the highest impacts on the consumption in the regions of this type are the number of employees, the number of businesses, and the number of subway stations.

It is noted that 33 dongs (84.6%) out of the 39 administrative dongs constituting this type are those ranked in the top 20% in sales among all the administrative dongs in Seoul. In addition, 29 dongs (74.4%) out of the 39 administrative dongs are in the south of the Han River, particularly, in the Yeongdeungpo-Yeoido area, which is one of the 3 downtown areas, and the areas corresponding to the two Gangnam downtown areas. While the number of subway station per administrative dong is 0.5 to 1.9 in average in other types, the number is 2.3 in average and the maximum is 5 in Type I, indicating that the population flow is high in the areas corresponding to this type.

The total amount of consumption in this type is 5.12 trillion KRW, including 506 billion KRW by those in their twenties (9.9%), 4.164 trillion KRW by those in their thirties to fifties (81.3%), and 449 billion KRW by those in their sixties and higher (8.8%). With reference to the business category, the amount of purchaes by those in their twenties was high in healthcare (22.8%), food and beverage (18.7%), financing/insurance/real-estate (15.0%), and communication service (14.0%); the amount of purchases by those in their thirties to fifties in financing/insurance/real-estate (24.37%), communication service (22.32%), healthcare (14.69%), food and beverage (11.37%), transportation (8.58%); and the amount of purchases by those in their sixties in financing/insurance/real-estate (37.67%), healthcare (18.22%), communication service (10.39%), food and beverage (8.66%), and transportation (7.44%).

(2) Type Ⅱ – High Business/Employee Density Semi-industrial Regions

All the administrative dongs classified as Type Ⅱ include a semi-industrial zone, and have the highest average density of businesses and employees. Therefore, Type Ⅱ is named as ‘high business/employee density semi-industrial region’.

The type of high business/employee density semi-industrial region, having a high ratio of industrial area, is highly related to PC 3. Therefore, the consumption in the regions included in this type reflects the regional characteristics of an industrial area.

The analysis of the status showed that the average ratio of the semi-industrial area in the regions of this type was 61.6% of the area of the administrative regions. This is a representative characteristic of this type, because the ratio of the semi-industrial area is between 0.0% and 1.4% in the regions of other types.

The total amount of consumption in this type is 0.52 trillion KRW, which is in the 4th place among the 7 types. The total amount of consumption by those in their twenties is 56 billion KRW (10.74%). With reference to the business category, the amount of purchases by those in their twenties was high in food and beverage (29.54%), transportation (26.80%), healthcare (10.89%), and general merchandise (10.52%). The amount of purchases by those in their thirties to fifties was 414 billion KRW (79.16%), and the proportion was high in the order of transportation (24.66%), food and beverage (20.98%), healthcare (15.55%), general merchandise (10.67%), and miscellaneous retail business (7.64%). The amount of purchases by those in their sixties and higher was 52 billion KRW (10.09%), and the proportion was high in the order of healthcare (24.66%), transportation (19.56%), food and beverage (14.74%), general merchandise (13.46%), and miscellaneous retail business (9.18%). In Type Ⅱ, the proportions of the sales in the business categories of transportation, retail business, and food and beverage were high in the purchases by all the age groups, which reflects the regional characteristics of the high business/employee density semi-industrial region.

(3) Type Ⅳ – Urban Commerce-Business Region

The regions classified as Type Ⅳ, located in the downtown areas of Seoul, showed the highest average ratio of commercial areas and the highest number of businesses, and thus named as ‘urban commerce-business region’.

The regions classified as this type distinctively show the characteristics of PC 1. The large stores, such as department stores and superstores, and the high ratio of commercial area significantly affect the amount of consumption in the regions classified as this type.

In contrast to other types, the urban commerce-business regions are spatially clustered with the Hanyang Wall at the center. This spatial characteristic may be because the ratio of commercial area in all the regions in Type Ⅳ is as high as about 75% of the entire area of the administrative dongs, and thus the many businesses are clustered in the downtown areas where the central functions are concentrated.

The total amount of consumption in this type is 1.074 trillion KRW; including 136 billion KRW by those in their twenties (12.73%), 854 billion KRW by those in their thirties to fifties (79.47%), and 83 billion KRW by those in their sixties and higher (7.78%). With reference to the business category, the amount of purchases by those in their twenties was high in transportation (36.33%), food and beverage (21.89%), general merchandise (16.47%) and clothing (7.72%); the amount of purchases by those in their thirties to fifties in transportation (33.90%), food and beverage (16.41%) and financing/insurance/real-estate (14.07%); and the amount of purchases by those in their sixties or higher in transportation (32.09%), financing/insurance/real-estate (19.21%), food and beverage (13.58%), and healthcare (11.95%). Notably, the proportion of transportation was highest in the purchases by both those in their thirties to fifties and those in their sixties or higher.

(4) Type Ⅶ – University-Neighboring Region

The regions classified as Type Ⅶ are adjacent to the administrative dongs incorporating a university or neighboring to a university, and thus are under the influence. Therefore, Type Ⅶ is named as ‘university-neighboring region’. The regions of this types show the characteristics of the university vicinities near to a university campus or a university hospital, which are PC 4 of the principal component analysis.

The total amount of consumption in this type is 404 billion KRW, including 50 billion KRW by those in their twenties (13.10%), 300 billion KRW by those in their thirties to fifties (74.56%), and 40 billion KRW by those in their sixties and higher (12.31%).

With reference to the business category, the amount of purchases by those in their twenties was high in food and beverage (38.89%), general merchandise (23.53%), healthcare (18.05%), tourism/entertainment/leisure (4.03%), and life service (3.74%); and the amount of purchases by those in their thirties to fifties in healthcare (35.70%), food and beverage (26.89%), general merchandise (15.21%), and transportation (5.69%). The amount of purchases by those in their sixties or higher was highest in healthcare (53.70%), like those in their thirties to fifties, followed by food and beverage (14.24%), transportation (12.70%), and general merchandise (6.61%).

In this type, the business category that showed the highest share in the purchases by both the middle-aged and the elderly was healthcare, because the regions in the type included general hospitals, like university hospitals, as well as university campuses.

3) Comprehensive Analysis of Cluster Types

Table 14 comprehensively shows the regional characteristics of the types derived by the cluster analysis, which are ‘high-sales and high-employee number region (Ⅰ),’ ‘high business/employee density semi-industrial region (Ⅱ), ‘urban commerce-business region (Ⅳ),’ and ‘university-neighboring region (Ⅶ).’

Table 14. 
Comprehensive analysis result analysis


The business categories ranked high in sales are different among the types, but they are usually healthcare, financing/insurance/real-estate, food and beverage, and transportation. There may be two reasons why the such a small number of business categories have large proportions in the sale in all the types. One reason is that healthcare and financing/insurance/real-estate are the business categories where the amount of sale per transaction is greater than that of other business categories. The other reason is that the business categories of food and beverage and transportation are large in scale and closely related to daily living regardless of the regional characteristics.

In addition, as found in the previous studies, the comparative analysis between the cluster types showed that the main items of consumption are significantly dependent upon the stages of life cycle. In generally, as the age is increased, the portion of the expenditure in financing/insurance/real-estate and healthcare is high. As the age is decreased, the portion of the expenditure in tourism/entertainment/leisure and clothing is high.

Although the expenditure in healthcare is generally increased with the increase of the age, in Type 1, the proportion of purchases in healthcare by those in their twenties was 22.8%, which is higher than that of the middle-aged (14.7%). The proportion of the purchases in healthcare by those in their twenties in Type 1 was almost double the number in other types. The investigation of the sub-business category in the healthcare purchases by those in their twenties in Type 1 showed that 46.7% of the healthcare purchases was in the plastic surgery. This explains why the amount of purchases in healthcare by those in their twenties in Type 1 was almost double the number in other types.

Type Ⅰ may be compared with Type Ⅳ, because both types have a high amount of sales and include urban areas with the central functions of the city. The biggest difference between the two types is the ratio of the commercial areas in the administrative dongs. It is generally anticipated that the amount of consumption may be higher in the urban commerce-business region (Ⅳ) where the ratio of the commercial area is higher. However, the amount of sales is actually higher in the high-sales and high-employee number region (Ⅰ) where the ratio of the residential area is the highest in the administrative dongs. This may be because different land uses are in individual land use zones, and suggests that the amount of consumption is affected more by the distribution of specific business categories that incur a large amount of sales, such as healthcare and financing/insurance/real-estate, than the ratio of commercial areas.

The other types, high business/employee density semi-industrial region (Ⅱ) and university-neighboring region (Ⅶ), are affected by a single impact factor to the amount of sales.

First, Type Ⅱ has a large number of businesses and employees because of the land use characteristics of the regions where the key land use zone is the semi-industrial area. Unlike other types, the proportion of the sales in transportation is high among the business categories that incur sales. This may be because the expenditure of the circulation and distribution-related facilities located in the semi-industrial area. Type Ⅱ suggests that the consumption pattern may be dependent upon the specific categories of businesses located in individual regions, because the amount of sales is high in the administrative dongs where there are general retail stores related to electronic devices and office machines and many IT companies are located.

Type Ⅶ comprises the regions where the consumption by the youths is incurred in the areas near university campuses and the consumption by the middle-aged and the elderly is incurred by the university hospitals. This demonstrates that the inflow of the population, caused by the large university hospitals, leads to the consumption in the nearby areas.


Ⅴ. Conclusions

The present study was conducted by using the credit card sale big data for the year 2019 to investigate the spatial distribution of the consumption and the consumption behavior of different age groups in Seoul, and to typify the differences in the consumption depending on the regional characteristics through a cluster analysis to empirically analyze the regional characteristics.

The analysis of the status of the consumption by regions and age groups showed that the spatial distribution was generally similar among the administrative dongs ranked in the top 10% in the consumption in Seoul and among those ranked bottom 10%. However, the characteristics of the consumption space were different among the age groups. The characteristics of the consumption space were more significant in the purchases by those in their twenties , forties and sixties than other age groups. The consumption by those in their twenties was most in the regions near to university campuses such as Hwayang-dong, Gayang 1-dong and Seocho 3-dong. The consumption by those in their forties was much in Daechi 1-dong and Yongshin-dong, the regions specialized in educational services. The consumption by those in their sixties or higher was much in the spaces including large general hospitals and many life convenience facilities, such as Sangil-dong, Sinjeong 7-dong, Ihwa-dong, Anam-dong, Guro 5-dong and Guro 2-dong. These results showed that the consumption by different age groups are incurred in different regions. To clarify the characteristics of the individual regions, a principal component analysis and a cluster analysis were performed to typify the administrative dongs in Seoul into 7 clusters.

The comprehensive review of the analytical results showed that, according to the business category, as the age is increased, the portion of the expenditure in financing/insurance/real-estate and healthcare is high; and as the age is decreased, the portion of the expenditure in tourism/entertainment/leisure and clothing is high. In other words, consumption was occurred in different expenditure items by different age groups. The finding of the status analysis that the consumption by the youths is concentrated in the regions near to university campuses was also found in the cluster analysis, indicating that the regional characteristics affect the amount of purchases by the individual age groups. The analysis of the amount of sales in the individual regions in consideration of the commercial area showed that the customer attracting facilities and the category of the businesses have a greater impact on the consumption than the distribution of commercial areas in the regions.

Three suggestions were derived from the analytical results of the present study, as described below. The results showed that 44 dongs (64.7%) out of the 68 administrative dongs included in Types Ⅰ, Ⅱ, and Ⅳ with high amount of consumption are located in the south of the Han River, and the remaining 24 dongs (35.3%) are located in the north of the Han River. The difference is related to the difference of amount of consumption between the regions. Therefore, various strategies may need to be prepared to reduce the gap in pursuit of the balanced development between the regions in the south and north of the Han River.

The analysis also showed that the regions where much consumption is incurred are not always commercial areas. This suggests that an increase of the amount of consumption may significantly attribute to the attraction of the business categories with a high amount of transaction and the activation of the consumption spaces that are closely related to the daily living of various age groups. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange and attract business categories and land uses that can induce the consumption by not only the current major consumption groups but also the consumers of various age groups, especially the consumption revitalization strategies customized to individual regions.

Finally, the results of the present study showed that the consumption behavior and the amount of purchases are dependent upon the regional characteristics of the types. Therefore, when preparing the implementation plans of the life sphere plans for individual Metropolitan, Regional and District Centers in Seoul or establishing the district unit plans, the consumption characteristics of individual regions and age groups should be positively applied to the plans for arranging the business categories and land use, and distributing the commercial and business facilities to the individual central places.

The present study has limitations that the credit card sales data used in the present study do not reveal the information about the locations where the transactions actually occur, because the amount of purchases is integrated in each collection unit. In addition, the data used in the present study may not clearly represent the consumption characteristics of those in their twenties and sixties whose consumption is relatively small in comparison with other age groups.

In the present study, the causal relations between the regional characteristics and the amount of consumption were investigated by an inductive method through the typification of the regions. Further studies may need to be conducted to directly investigate the causal relations of the individual variables with the amount of consumption..


Acknowledgments

The present study was supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport/Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (Grant Number: 21TSRD-B151228-03).


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