A Study on the Consciousness of University-Students Concerning the Environmental Protection

環境保全에 관한 대학생의 認識調査 연구

  • Son, Bu Soon (School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1986.04.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data in solving the environmental problem and in environmental education to University-students by searching the consciousness of Universitystudents' attitude toward and general views on the environmental protection. Out of total of 34 universities located in Seoul I randomly selected 11 universities and I again selected 700 university-students to answer my questionnaires. After that the questionnaires were added up by using computer. The major findings of this study are as follows 1. Regarding the overall conditions of the environmental pollution in our country, 91.1% of respondents marked "serious". 2. In suffering from Air pollution, 38.9% of respondents frequently suffered and 36.1% of them always suffered. Only 25.0% of total respondents represented their dislike about so-called "pollution-giving industries", which they do not wish to introduce for the sake of environmental protection. 3. In the source of information concerning the environment, 48.3% of them from the Television, 34.9% them from the newspaper. 4. In the attitude toward the participation for environmental protection, 28.0% of respondents expressed spontaneous attitude. 79.1% of total respondents have the basic desire to establish anti-pollution facilities and only 9.1% of total respondents have replied the ultimate responsibilities of enviironmental pollution. 5. Finally, only 13.3% of total respondents expressed their opinion that hte government officials willingly comply with students' request for better environmental protection and reflect them on their basic policies, and 32.1% of them said that the concerned government officials' attitude were positove and friendly toward the civilians, and 30.6% of them expressed their opinion that those concerned government officals ate holding professional and technicals know-which are necessaty and enough to the concerned field.

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