دراسة السلوك البيئي للريفيين بمحافظة الوادي الجديد

الملخص EN

This research mainly aimed to identify the variables affecting the level of knowledge, attitudes, and environmental practices of rural people and the relative importance of each of them.

The research was conducted in Al-Munira village in the Kharga District in the New Valley Governorate.

The simple random sample involved 248 household heads, representing 37.5% of the total number of families (661 families).

Data were collected during November and December 2020 using a questionnaire by personal interviews.

Furthermore, descriptive (frequency and percentage), analytical (simple correlation and stepwise multiple regression), and stability coefficient (α) were used as statistical techniques.

The results showed that about 71% of the total rural respondents are characterized by a medium level of environmental knowledge, 50% of them are characterized by a neutral environmental attitudes, and 60.5% of them have an intermediate level of environmental practices.

The most important variables affecting the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and environmental practices of the respondents were: family size, educational level, satisfaction with the services that provided, degree of openness to the external world, participation in organizations, and the level of home facilities