4.2 Level of education Table 2: Education level Level of education Frequency Percentage of n primary school 21 10.5% secondary school 86 43.0% tertiary institution 76 38.0% others (no education, tech sch, modern sch 17 8.5% valid responses 200 Source: researcher’s field data, Lagos, March 2018 Figure 8. Pie chart showing educational level of respondents Table 2 and figure 8 indicate that there are more people who have achieved secondary school education (43%) across the 6 LCDAs than those who have advanced their education to tertiary levels (38%). In four (4) of the LCDAs namely Alimosho, Oke-Odo/Agbado, Ayobo/Ipaja and Ikotun/Igando, field data shows that there are more people with secondary school education than the casein Mosan/Okunola and Egbe/Idimu where more people have advanced their studies to tertiary stages, although the margin in all cases is slim. Meyer (2015), in a European survey on whether education increases pro-environmental behaviour affirmed that education causes people to behave in a friendlier environmental manner. Findings from the field corroborate Meyer’s Summary in the sense that those with post-secondary education understand environmentally- friendly behaviours and are more open to discuss this than those who are not as schooled as them. Inline with the research aim and the questions earlier raised, it is pertinent to note that knowledge acquired through more education is fundamental in understanding pro-environmental behaviours. The impact of this knowledge would be discussed in another section of this chapter. 27
