The present study primarily focuses on developing and
standardizing the scale to measure the attitude of homemakers towards the
management of household waste. The problem of waste management has been
increasing globally day by day and the waste from the houses is one of the
dynamic issues in the current scenario. The rapid change in lifestyles has made
waste management one of the major issues universally. Inappropriate waste
management could be a threat to the environment as well as living beings. Waste
is not generated by any one entity but, industries, businesses and households
are equally responsible for it. Effective waste management begins at the
source, and in order to do this, people need to have the proper mindset on
sensible trash management. The homemaker has a big influence on how waste is
managed in the house, but what matters more is how they feel about it. A
homemaker with a positive outlook can aid in effective waste management. The
scale consisted of two parts: (i) Segregation of household waste and (ii)
Disposal of household waste. Initially, the scale consisted of 48 statements
with a .80 reliability but after eliminating 6 indistinct statements the
reliability of the attitude scale increased to .85. So finally, the
standardized scale to measure the attitude of the homemakers towards the
management of household waste was constructed with 42 statements and .85
reliability. It is expected that the findings of the current study may help in
all upcoming studies to measure the attitude of the respondents with a more
reliable and standardized scale.
Author(s) Details:
Kalpana Srivastava,
Department of Family Resource Management, S.M. Patel College of Home
Science, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat, India.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CRBME-V1/article/view/13489
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