Table 1.
Household dynamics, sustainable household consumption knowledge, and climate change awareness and importance indicators.
Sample Background | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Age (Years) a | ||
Young | 687 | 48.2 |
Old | 737 | 51.8 |
Gender | ||
Female | 570 | 40.1 |
Male | 860 | 59.9 |
Education (Years) a | ||
Low | 634 | 44.6 |
High | 790 | 55.4 |
Residential area | ||
Urban | 648 | 45.5 |
Rural | 776 | 54.5 |
Main source of income | ||
Agriculture | 464 | 32.6 |
Non-agriculture | 960 | 67.4 |
Family size (persons) a | ||
Small | 704 | 49.5 |
Large | 720 | 50.6 |
Society membership | ||
No | 1176 | 82.6 |
Yes | 248 | 17.4 |
Internet access | ||
No | 648 | 45.5 |
Yes | 776 | 54.5 |
Monthly income (PKR) | ||
Low (<50,000) | 768 | 53.9 |
Medium (50,000–100,000) | 521 | 36.6 |
High (>100,000) | 135 | 9.5 |
Climate change awareness and importance | Mode | |
Awareness level related to the causes of climate change b | 7 | |
Awareness level related to the impacts of climate change on Earth b | 8 | |
Awareness level related to role of household consumption on climate b | 5 | |
Climate change awareness (mean) | 6.81 | |
Climate change a crucial problem for you b | 7 | |
Climate change a crucial problem for your district/province b | 8 | |
Climate change a crucial problem for the country b | 9 | |
Climate change importance (mean) | 7.36 | |
Knowledge of effect of sustainable household practices on human wellbeing b | 4 | |
Knowledge of sustainable household practices b | 5 | |
Sustainable household consumption knowledge | 4.45 |
a = the sample was separated into two groups by taking average of the sample as the cutoff point. b = the responses were recorded by using a 10-point Likert scale.