A study on Ilam Housewives’ Environmental Approach

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Maryam Azizi ¹ , Hossein Mahdizadeh ² , Seyed Mohammad Shobeiri ³

1 - Instroctor of Payam-e-Noor University of Mehran
2 - Assistant Professor of Ilam University
3 - Assistant Professor of Payam-e-Noor University of Tehran

Received: 2011-04-13 Accepted : 2011-09-05 Published : 2012-09-22

Keywords: Environmental education, Environmental attitude, Housewives,

Abstract :

This study has been conducted in a descriptive method with the aim of identification, analysis and comparison of environmental attitudes of different groups of Ilam housewives. The statistical population (sample) includes all Ilam housewife residents aged from 20-45. Instrument of the study has been a questionnaire, developed by the researcher, and its validity has been certified by some knowledgeable experts of the field. Using Cronbach Alpha and Kuder-Richardson coefficients, its reliability turned out as acceptable. It is necessary to mention that environmental attitude in this study consists of three components: interest in the environment, responsibility toward environment, and state of environmental behavior. Generally and according to the results of data analysis in this study, it can be said that Ilam house wives have high interest in the environment and their environmental behavior is relatively good and their responsibility toward environment is low. Generally and according to the results of data analysis in this study, it can be said that Ilam house wives have high interest in the environment and their environmental behavior is relatively good and their responsibility toward environment is low.

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