Improving Energy Literacy to Facilitate Energy Transition and Nurture Environmental Culture in Vietnam
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Study Area
3.2. Data Collection
3.3. Sample Description
3.4. Model Construction
4. Results
4.1. Model 1: Intention on a Free Short Training Course
4.2. Model 2: Intention on Energy Saving Paid Courses at University
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Meaning | Type of Variable | Value | Mean | Sd |
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TrainFree | The respondent’s willingness to receive free energy-related training | Binary | 1 = Yes 0 = No | 0.53 | 0.50 |
UniCourse | The respondent’s willingness to take energy-related paid courses | Binary | 1 = Yes 0 = No | 0.45 | 0.50 |
ClimateConcern | The respondent’s concern over climate change | Ordinal | 5 = Total agree 4 = Agree 3 = Undecided 2 = Disagree 1 = Totally disagree | 4.42 | 0.71 |
Age | Age of the respondent | Nominal | Calculated based on the respondent’s year of birth | 19.59 | 1.18 |
Gender | Gender of the respondent | Binary | 0 = Female 1 = Male | 0.23 | 0.42 |
FinMon | The average monthly income of the respondent (unit: million dongs) | Ordinal | 1 = < 1 2 = from 1 to 3 3 = from 3 to 5 4 = from 5 to 10 5 = > 10 | 2.38 | 1.18 |
Locat | The respondent’s location | Binary | 1 = Urban 0 = Rural | 0.40 | 0.49 |
Variables | Percentile Statistics | |||||||||
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Mean | se_mean | Sd | 2.5% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 97.5% | n_eff | Rhat | |
a_TrainFree | −0.58 | 0.01 | 0.98 | −2.50 | −1.24 | −0.58 | 0.09 | 1.33 | 6338 | 1 |
b_ClimateConcern_TrainFree | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 9544 | 1 |
b_Gender_TrainFree | −0.56 | 0.00 | 0.13 | −0.83 | −0.66 | −0.56 | −0.47 | −0.30 | 10,052 | 1 |
b_Age_TrainFree | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.05 | −0.12 | −0.06 | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 6564 | 1 |
b_FinMon_TrainFree | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | −0.08 | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 9251 | 1 |
b_Locat_TrainFree | −0.51 | 0.00 | 0.11 | −0.74 | −0.59 | −0.51 | −0.44 | −0.30 | 9955 | 1 |
Variables | Percentile Statistics | |||||||||
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Mean | se_mean | Sd | 2.5% | 25% | 50% | 75% | 97.5% | n_eff | Rhat | |
a_UniCourse | −2.96 | 0.01 | 0.97 | −4.90 | −3.60 | −2.95 | −2.30 | −1.04 | 4932 | 1 |
b_ClimateConcern_UniCourse | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 8631 | 1 |
b_Gender_UniCourse | −0.24 | 0.00 | 0.13 | −0.49 | −0.33 | −0.23 | −0.15 | 0.02 | 9777 | 1 |
b_Age_UniCourse | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 5314 | 1 |
b_FinMon_UniCourse | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 10,346 | 1 |
b_Locat_UniCourse | −0.44 | 0.00 | 0.11 | −0.25 | −0.11 | −0.04 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 10,004 | 1 |
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Khuc, Q.V.; Tran, M.; Nguyen, T.; Thinh, N.A.; Dang, T.; Tuyen, D.T.; Pham, P.; Dat, L.Q. Improving Energy Literacy to Facilitate Energy Transition and Nurture Environmental Culture in Vietnam. Urban Sci. 2023, 7, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7010013
Khuc QV, Tran M, Nguyen T, Thinh NA, Dang T, Tuyen DT, Pham P, Dat LQ. Improving Energy Literacy to Facilitate Energy Transition and Nurture Environmental Culture in Vietnam. Urban Science. 2023; 7(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7010013
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhuc, Quy Van, Mai Tran, Thuy Nguyen, Nguyen An Thinh, Thao Dang, Dang Trung Tuyen, Phu Pham, and Luu Quoc Dat. 2023. "Improving Energy Literacy to Facilitate Energy Transition and Nurture Environmental Culture in Vietnam" Urban Science 7, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7010013
APA StyleKhuc, Q. V., Tran, M., Nguyen, T., Thinh, N. A., Dang, T., Tuyen, D. T., Pham, P., & Dat, L. Q. (2023). Improving Energy Literacy to Facilitate Energy Transition and Nurture Environmental Culture in Vietnam. Urban Science, 7(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci7010013