Disparities in pro-environmental behaviour between rural and urban areas in Zambia.
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Date
2019-06-21
Authors
Mirriam Sampa, Moonga
Chileshe, Bernard
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The University Press
Abstract
Over the years, there has been rising concern over the
state of cleanliness of the physical environment in Zambia.
Although several studies have been done on the need to keep
the environment clean, rarely have these studies addressed
the differences in perception between rural and urban
areas. Far more literature is concerned with urban areas
rather than rural areas. This study, therefore, compared
environmental behaviour characteristics between rural
and urban areas to find out if there were any differences.
Five hundred and forty-five randomly selected participants
participated in the questionnaire survey which used a Likert
rating scale. The results were analysed using the Student’s
t-test. The study determined that there was a significant
difference in environmental behaviour between rural and
urban areas. Therefore, implementing cleanup campaigns
would require taking into consideration these differences.
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Sanitary conditions. , Pro-environmental behavior. , Environmental perception. , Rural. , Urban. ,