Survey and analysis of the understanding, attitude, and behavior in water resources related infrastructure issues of the general public in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Yu-Chun Cheng, 鄭毓君
• Other Authors: Shin-Cheng Yeh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58581086832866706663

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 99 === This research aims to examine the knowledge, attitude and behavior for water and infrastructure related issues of the general public in Taiwan. The relationships among the background variables of the participants and three dimensions are the focus of this study. A questionnaire was designed as the research tool of this quantitative study, and cluster sampling was employed as the sampling method, a total of 1,650 questionnaires were released and 1,370 were valid. It was indicated that 73.4% of people’s sources of knowledge on water resource is television, movies or radio; 76.5% of people’s water sources is tap-water; 69.7% of people have water filter or water dispenser in their families; 40% of people have flood experiences; and 70% of people had experienced water restriction. The general public showed a poor level of water and infrastructure related issues knowledge and behavior intention, but their attitude were generally positive. It was also found significant effect between three dimensions and participants’ background variables. There were no significant effect in knowledge dimension; in attitude dimension, there was a significant effect in age, location, education; in behavior intention dimension, there was a significant effect in age and location. There was a significant positive correlation between knowledge and attitude, and between attitude and behavior intention, but there were no significant positive correlation between knowledge and behavior intention.