On the same lines, several other researchers had chosen the high school students as
target population for their studies dealing with the purchase on Internet (Limayem et
al., 2000; Corbitt et al., 2003; and Belch and Belch, 2005). Also, parents were invited
to see the same questionnaire to confirm or refute the responses of their teenage children.
Our sample includes 160 pairs of parent-teen. Thus, the sample population for this
study consists of 320 respondents. Teens and their parents were matched in pairs
(adolescent/parents) where the household or parent must meet three criteria: first, having
an access to Internet at home; second, having at least a teenager aged between 12-19
living at their home; and third, the parents and their children should have availed
a tourist stay in the past three years.
Thus, the parents and their children were invited to complete a questionnaire in an
independent manner and without having the possibility of consulting each other during
the process. In the case of families with more than one teenager, parents were asked to
complete the survey only once.