Ecological Footprint Affecting the Pro-environmental Behavior of Undergraduates of Rajabhat Mahasarakham University
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The research objectives were to study Ecological Footprint for Shelter, Ecological Footprint for Food, Ecological Footprint for Transportation, Ecological Footprint for Cloth, Ecological Footprint for Medicine, and Ecological Footprint for Housing and Pro-environmental Behavior levels and to study the independent variables comprise of Ecological Footprint for Shelter, Ecological Footprint for Food, Ecological Footprint for Transportation, Ecological Footprint for Cloth, Ecological Footprint for Medicine and Ecological Footprint for Housing affecting dependent variable of Pro-environmental Behavior of undergraduates. This survey used a questionnaire to gather 400 undergraduates and 10,757 undergraduates of Rajabhat Mahasarakham University in the first semester of the academic year of 2021. The Multi-Stage sampling technique was employed to collect the sample. Multiple Regression Analysis was used to determine the relationship between independent and dependent variables.
The results illustrated that in a holistic view of Ecological Footprint for Shelter, Ecological Footprint for Food, Ecological Footprint for Transportation, Ecological Footprint for Cloth, Ecological Footprint for Medicine, and Ecological Footprint for Housing and Pro-environmental Behavior were most levels. Moreover, independent variables of Ecological Footprint for Shelter, Ecological Footprint for Food, Ecological Footprint for Transportation, Ecological Footprint for Cloth, Ecological Footprint for Medicine, and Ecological Footprint for Housing can predict the variation of the dependent variable of Pro-environmental behavior with 65.90 percent of power prediction (Adjusted R2 = 0.659). Ecological Footprint for Food was the highest effect with 0.248.
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