An International Analysis of Consumers’ Consciousness During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Slovakia and Hungary

Abstract Research background: Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 virus and its pernicious effects on economy, a great change can be observed in consumer attitudes towards shopping. Needless say, demand for necessities comes fore, consumers need face lot hindrances when it decision-making process. It should emphasised that have responsibilities rights. One legitimately raise question. Are they familiar with either aforementioned facts? Purpose: The main objective research is analyse whether an increasing level educational attainment affects awareness Hungary Slovakia. Moreover, paper investigates there are any significant differences age groups regarding awareness. Finally, statistically interactions between respondents’ gender, employment status conscious saving attitudes. methodology: Kendall’s tau-b correlation, rank-based nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis H test, Loglinear analysis were used examine formulated hypotheses. Results: declared both countries strongly consumers’ Furthermore, three major noticed various case Hungary. Novelty: Education affect awareness, whilst gender