Public Awareness towards Environmental Issues in Turkey

Public Awareness towards Environmental Issues in Turkey

Akca, Hasan
KAPLAN, Cetin
SAYILI, Murat

This study presents public awareness of environmental issues in Tokat province of Turkey. The effective sample size was 300. Questionnaire was carried out between January and May 2008. Chi-square test (χ2) was used while analyzing the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and environmental conscious. Statistically significant relationship was found between separating domestic waste at home and education level (χ2 =19.493, df=12, P=0.077). Similarly, there was a statistically significant relationship between gender and separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =8.276, df =3, P= 0.041). This study revealed that no statistically significant relationship was found between occupation of the respondents and separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =25.039, df=18, P=0.124), nor between area of residence and separating domestic waste at home (χ2 =13.640, df=9, P=0.136).

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2009-06

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