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. 2022 Apr 4;29(39):58980–59001. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-19681-2

Table 6.

Model coefficient, p-value, goodness-of-fit and effect size of binary logistic regression mode, considering “why the battery is not recycled” and independent variables

BLR model coefficient BLR p-value Hosmer and Lemeshow test (goodness-of-fit) for BLR, p value Effect size measure
Recycling points are far from my household
  Gender 0.841*

r = 0.140

r^2 = 0.0196

  Age 0.025 0.848
  Education
  Household size 0.25 0.489
  Income 0.285 0.012
I do not think battery can be recycled
  Gender 0.126 0.783 0.298

r = 0.242

r^2 = 0.058564

  Age 0.159 0.411
  Education  − 0.703 0.052
  Household size 0.89 0.016
  Income  − 0.302 0.125
Do not know how and where to recycle
  Gender 0.003 0.989 0.121

r = 0.288

r^2 = 0.082944

  Age  − 0.055 0.55
  Education 1.092 0
  Household size  − 0.251 0.146
  Income  − 0.236 0.005
I do not have time disposing of them
  Gender 0.069*

r = 0.083

r^2 = 0.006889

  Age
  Education
  Household size
  Income 0.153 0.099

Bold numbers refer to significant correlations between the variables (p-value ≤ 0.05). Hosmer and Lemeshow test is for goodness-of-fit for the models. If the p value of the test is higher than 0.05, then the model is fitted. *Results of the revised model