Master’s thesis Environmental Management Assessment of the Source Separation of Household Solid Wastes in Nigeria

If neighbourhood separates waste, will it influence your attitude to it

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• Source. Researcher’s field data, April 2018

If neighbourhood separates waste, will it influence your attitude to it Table 13: Neighbourhood influence on separating waste if neighborhood sep- arates waste, will it influence you Frequency Percentage of n Yes 175 87.5% No 21 10.5% valid responses 196 Source. Researcher’s field data, April 2018 Figure 24. Pie chart on neighbourhood influence The theory underpinning this study will be applied in this discussion. It has been observed that certain people can be influenced to act in a particular manner due to peer group pressure or by the acts of a majority. Ajzen’s variable of subjective norm postulates that the influence of social pressure can make an individual to exhibit a certain behaviour. Table 13 shows clearly that a substantial number of the respondents across the 6 LCDAs (87.5%) confessed that they would gladly practice the behaviour of source separation if they see people in their neighbourhood carry it out. This is no doubt a form of social influence, which can be employed as a strong tool by the stakeholders in the environment. A few socially influential people in an area can be given some 44 45 incentives that will make them practice source separation such that others are attracted to do same because they now see it as something they should also be associated with. In each of the LCDAs, the number of respondents that answered yes to the above question far outweigh those who said nob Download 1.91 Mb. Share with your friends: