The Environmental Knowledge of Women and its Relationship with their Environmental Behaviors

Tajbakhsh, Gholamreza

doi:10.22034/jewe.2020.237914.1377

Document Type : Short Paper

Author

Gholamreza Tajbakhsh

Assoc. Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi University, Boroujerd, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/jewe.2020.237914.1377

Abstract

In recent years, with the growth of cities and the consequent increase in urban population, environmental crises in societies, including Iran, have increased. Therefore, more attention should be paid in order to reduce environmental risks, the importance of environmental knowledge and literacy of people, especially women. Based on this, the present survey evaluated and assessed the environmental knowledge of women in Boroujerd in the winter of 2019. The statistical population, 15231 people, of the study included all housewives living in Boroujerd city of Lorestan Province. The statistical sample size using Cochran's formula was 385 people. The sampling method was cluster sampling and data were collected based on a standard questionnaire. SPSS software version 16 was also used to analyze the data. The main hypothesis of the research regarding the relationship between environmental knowledge and awareness with environmental behaviors of housewives was confirmed. The results showed that the environmental behaviors of about half of the housewives in this city were moderate.

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Main Subjects

environment

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The Environmental Knowledge of Women and its Relationship with their Environmental Behaviors

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Volume 6, Issue 3
September 2020
Pages 305-311

The Environmental Knowledge of Women and its Relationship with their Environmental Behaviors

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Volume 6, Issue 3September 2020Pages 305-311

Volume 6, Issue 3
September 2020
Pages 305-311