Environmental Awareness Strategies And Attitude Of People Towards Solid Waste Disposal In Calabar Education Zone Of Cross River State
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The aim of this study was to ascertain environmental awareness strategies and attitude of people towards solid waste disposal in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, For the purpose of this study to be achieved, six research questions were put forward and transformed into six null hypotheses, which were tested at 0.05 level significance level. A thorough review of related literature was embarked upon to discover what scholars have already researched into based on the variables of the study. The ex-post facto design was seen as the most appropriate for the study. The population of this study consisted 8760 accessible in the communities used for the study. Proportionate simple random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the thirty three (33) communities, while the quota sampling technique was used to select the four hundred and thirty eight (438) respondents used for the study. A thirty five items four point modified Likert scale questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by lecturers in the Departments of Environmental Education and Educational Foundation. Cronbach alpha method was employed to determine the reliability of the research instrument. The reliability coefficient ranged from -73 to -81 which indicates that the instrument is reliable enough to measure what it is meant to measure. Data obtained in the study was analyzed using simple linear and multiple linear regression statistical tools. The result from this analysis indicated that; there is a significant influence of community participatory mobilization, Seminar, print media and electronic media on the attitude of people towards solid waste disposal in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the results, it was recommended among others that, various intervention bodies should ensure that community participatory mobilization awareness strategy is applied in their attitude change intervention programme for effective outcome and that seminar should be continuously adopted as a viable tool for inculcating positive attitude in people with a view towards addressing the problem of solid waste disposal.
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