What Factors Affect Farmers’ Levels of Domestic Waste Sorting Behavior? A Case Study from Shaanxi Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypotheses
2.1. Social Norms
2.2. Personal Norms
2.3. Group Identity
3. Data and Methodology
3.1. The Sample
3.2. Measurements of the Main Variables
3.3. Estimation Method
4. Results
4.1. Descriptive Analysis
4.2. The Effects of Social and Personal Norms and Group Identity on the Level of Domestic Waste Sorting Behavior
4.3. Moderating Effect of Personal Norms
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions and Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Measurement Items and Coding | Mean | S.D. | Min | Max |
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Explained variables | |||||
Level of DWSB | Domestic waste sorting behavior (DWSB) of respondents. No sorting = 0, Sorting recyclable waste = 1, Sorting recyclable and kitchen waste = 2, Sorting recyclable, kitchen, harmful, and other waste = 3 | 1.504 | 0.811 | 0 | 3 |
Explanatory variables | |||||
SN1 | Other farmers around you are sorting waste. Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly agree = 5 | 1.630 | 0.495 | 1 | 5 |
SN2 | You care a lot about the evaluation of other farmers. Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly agree = 5 | 3.650 | 1.213 | 1 | 5 |
PNs | According to the principal component analysis | 0.000 | 1.000 | −4.000 | 1.401 |
GI | According to the principal component analysis | 0.000 | 1.000 | −3.334 | 1.454 |
Control variables | |||||
Gender | Gender of respondents. Male = 0, Female = 1 | 0.490 | 0.501 | 0 | 1 |
Age | Age of respondents (years old) | 50.300 | 16.575 | 13 | 78 |
Education | Education of respondents (years) | 8.260 | 3.582 | 0 | 17 |
Gross annual income | Gross annual income of respondents’ household (Ten thousand RMB) | 3.329 | 3.706 | 0 | 40 |
Marital status | Marital status of respondents. No = 0, Yes = 1 | 0.130 | 0.332 | 0 | 1 |
Party membership | Party membership of respondents. No = 0, Yes = 1 | 0.090 | 0.289 | 0 | 1 |
Items | Component Score Coefficient | |
---|---|---|
For each statement, please indicate how much you agree or disagree: Strongly disagree = 1, Disagree = 2, Neutral = 3, Agree = 4, Strongly agree = 5. | ||
PNs | Personal norms | |
1 | You will feel guilty about littering. | 0.501 |
2 | You will continue to sort waste even if the improvement to the village environment is not obvious. | 0.491 |
3 | You will continue to sort waste even if village does not give out free waste bags. | 0.389 |
GI | Group identity | |
1 | You are very happy living in your village. | 0.474 |
2 | You are on good terms with your neighbors. | 0.445 |
3 | You have great trust in village cadres. | 0.368 |
Variables | Model 1 (Logit) | Model 2 (Logit) | Model 3 (Logit) | Model 4 (OLS) | ||||
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Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | |
SN1 | 0.321 *** | 0.127 | 0.331 *** | 0.126 | 0.335 *** | 0.131 | 0.134 *** | 0.050 |
SN2 | 0.321 *** | 0.216 | 0.278 *** | 0.104 | 0.237 *** | 0.105 | 0.090 *** | 0.043 |
PNs | — | — | 0.284 *** | 0.129 | 0.287 *** | 0.133 | 0.116 *** | 0.054 |
GI | — | — | 0.040 | 0.125 | −0.076 | 0.134 | −0.038 | 0.057 |
Gender | — | — | — | — | −0.226 * | 0.245 | −0.090 * | 0.096 |
Age | — | — | — | — | −0.281 *** | 0.119 | −0.112 *** | −0.112 |
Marital status | — | — | — | — | −1.095 *** | 0.500 | −0.437 *** | −0.437 |
Party membership | — | — | — | — | 0.924 *** | 0.287 | 0.365 *** | 0.112 |
Education | — | — | — | — | −0.135 * | 0.146 | −0.050 * | 0.055 |
Gross annual income | — | — | — | — | 0.105 * | 0.087 | 0.040 * | 0.034 |
Log Likelihood | −299.389 | −296.480 | −285.992 | — | ||||
LR (P > chi2) | 18.940 (0.000) | 24.310 (0.000) | 45.290 (0.000) | — | ||||
Pseudo R2 | 0.030 | 0.039 | 0.073 | — | ||||
F (P > F) | — | — | 7.330 (0.000) | 5.850 (0.000) | ||||
Observation | 262 |
Variables | Sorting Level = 0 | Sorting Level = 1 | Sorting Level = 2 | Sorting Level = 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
SN1 | −0.023 *** (0.098) | −0.050 *** (0.193) | 0.039 *** (0.153) | 0.033 *** (0.134) |
SN2 | −0.016 *** (0.077) | −0.035 *** (0.155) | 0.028 *** (0.122) | 0.024 *** (0.108) |
PNs | −0.020 *** (0.098) | −0.043 *** (0.196) | 0.033 *** (0.156) | 0.029 *** (0.135) |
GI | 0.005 (0.092) | 0.011 (0.200) | −0.009 (0.157) | −0.008 (0.135) |
Gender | 0.015 * (0.169) | 0.034 * (0.363) | −0.026 * (0.285) | −0.023 * (0.246) |
Age | 0.019 *** (0.088) | 0.042 *** (0.174) | −0.033 *** (0.138) | −0.028 *** (0.122) |
Marital status | 0.074 *** (0.367) | 0.163 *** (0.733) | −0.128 *** (0.582) | −0.109 *** (0.509) |
Party membership | −0.063 *** (0.229) | −0.137 *** (0.410) | 0.108 *** (0.331) | 0.092 *** (0.298) |
Education | 0.009 * (0.101) | 0.020 * (0.216) | −0.016 * (0.170) | −0.013 * (0.146) |
Gross annual income | −0.007 * (0.006) | −0.016 * (0.129) | 0.012 * (0.102) | 0.010 * (0.088) |
Variables | Model 5 (All the Samples) | Model 6 (Low PN) | Model 7 (High PN) | |||
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Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | Coef. | S.E. | |
SN1 | 0.330 *** | 0.131 | 0.164 * | 0.192 | 0.601 *** | 0.205 |
SN2 | 0.234 *** | 0.105 | 0.148 | 0.330 | 0.278 ** | 0.278 |
PNs | 0.267 *** | 0.128 | — | — | — | — |
Control variables | Controlled | |||||
Log Likelihood | −286.151 | −149.264 | −129.908 | |||
LR (P > chi2) | 44.790 (0.000) | 14.400 (0.109) | 33.600 (0.000) | |||
Pseudo R2 | 0.073 | 0.046 | 0.115 | |||
Observation | 262 | 139 | 123 |
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Yuan, Y.; Xu, M.; Chen, H. What Factors Affect Farmers’ Levels of Domestic Waste Sorting Behavior? A Case Study from Shaanxi Province, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12141. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912141
Yuan Y, Xu M, Chen H. What Factors Affect Farmers’ Levels of Domestic Waste Sorting Behavior? A Case Study from Shaanxi Province, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12141. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912141
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuan, Yalin, Minyue Xu, and Hanxin Chen. 2022. "What Factors Affect Farmers’ Levels of Domestic Waste Sorting Behavior? A Case Study from Shaanxi Province, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12141. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912141