A PATH ANALYSIS OF SOME VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN VILLAGES. | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 30, Issue 7, July 2005, Pages 3843-3857 PDF (1.32 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2005.208450 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. E Et-ezaby; A. F. Molokhia | ||
| Department Rural society - Facutty of Agriculture - Alex .Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study aims basically at constructing and testing a causal model of some determinants of resident's voiuntarv participation in five protects for protection and improvement of environment in two villages. The proposted model included five endogenous variables which are: level of openion leadership, degree ot environmental awareness, degree of availability of sources of environmental information, level of the village's development. and degree of voluntary participation in the environmentat projects, and three exogenous variables which are' sex, economic status, and educational status Empirical data used in the study were collected from a random sample composed of 326 heads of novsehotcs In two villages in EI-Beh:ra governorate Path analysis used in testillg Ihe proposed model The findings provided an emp.ricat evidence on the validity of the proposed model Decomcosuion of the total effects on the degree of oartic.oanon in environmental pragects by 1I1E; seven independent variables ind.cateo that all variables. did have direct and indireci effects on degree of res-dents participation In the environmental prcjects. Based upon the study findings a number of implications related to voluntary participation in vi/tage's environmental crorecuoo projects were presented and discussed. | ||
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