Factors Affecting Public Participation in Waste Management Phrong Maduea Sub-district Municipality, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the level of participation in waste management and to study the factors affecting participation in waste management of people in Phrong Maduea Sub-district Municipality, Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province.  Data was collected by questionnaires from the sample, namely 348 household representatives by means of simple random sampling. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, including percentage, average, standard deviation. Relationships were analyzed by means of Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The findings of research indicated that people in Phrong Maduea Sub-district Municipality participated in waste management on overall and each aspect basis in moderate level. According to correlation analysis, it was found that waste management behavior (X₁₀) and attitude about waste management (X₁₁) correlated positively in moderate level with participation in waste management (Y) in a statistically significant manner at .01 level. According to multiple regression analysis, it was found that the variables affecting participationin waste management (Y) were waste management behavior (X₁₀) and attitude toward waste management (X₁₁) by jointly explaining the variation of participation in waste management of people in the area of Phrong Maduea Sub-district Municipality, i.e. 53.70 percent in a statistically significant manner at .05 level.

            Forecast equation in the form of raw score ŷ = 0.537 + 0.089 X₁₀ + 0 .045 X₁₁ and forecast equation in the form of standardized score Z = 0.370 Z_X10 + 0.290 Z_X11