FACTORS AFFECTING HOUSEHULD WASTE REDUCTION AND SEPARATION IN PONGPHA SUBDISTRICT, MAESAI DISTRICT, CHIANGRAI PROVINCE

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study 1) household waste reduction behavior, 2) factors associated with household waste separation behavior, and 3) factors predicting waste reduction and separation behavior in Pong Pha Subdistrict Administrative Organization, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai Province. Data were collected by questionnaires from a systematic random sampling sample of 403 people. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's product momentum, Chi-square, and stepwise regression analysis.

Results of the study of personal characteristics The majority were female (54.6%), had a bachelor's degree (33.7%), were 55 years old and over (25.3%), were general employees (24.8%), had 3 household members (33.5%), were living in a single house (92.1%), were originally from Pong Pha Subdistrict or Mae Sai Subdistrict (53.1%), and were Thai (77.9%). They had a moderate level of knowledge ( =7.21, SD= 2.81), a high level of ( =4.08, SD=0.63), a high level of motivation ( =3.98, SD=0.58), a moderate level of enabling factors ( =3.38, SD=1.28), a moderate level of information exposure ( =3.17, SD=0.76), a moderate level of social support ( =3.60, SD=0.82), and a high level of behavior ( =3.99, SD=0.63). Factors that were significantly related to behavior (P<0.05) were gender, age, education, occupation, residence, place of birth, ethnicity, knowledge, attitude, motivation, enabling factors, information exposure, and social support. Factors that could predict behavior in order were attitude, social support, residence, education, gender, ethnicity, enabling factors, and information exposure, which could predict 58.3 percent. The results of the study can be used as inputs to develop a model for changing behaviors to reduce and separate household waste.