The Perception and the Management Behavior on the Enviornmental Preservation-focused on the housewives in the metropolitan, small city and kun-

환경보전에 관한 인지와 관리행동 -대도시, 중 소도시, 군 단위 주부를 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to investigate some influencing factors related to the perception and the management behavior on the environmental pollution of the housewives in the metropolis. small city and Kun. This study is also to provide some knowledge and information on the environmental preservation. 2300 questionaires were distributed to the housewives from the end of April to the end of May in 1994. The 1850 quentionaires were obtained and the 1490 data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, F-test, Duncan's prohoc test, stepwise multiple regression, path analysis and pearson's correlation. The most hypotheses of this study were accepted. Based on the findings of this study, the degree of concerns on the environmental provlems, the enviromental education, the einvironmental articles and the paticipation of the environmental events were the most important factors on the knowledge of the environmental preservation and the perception of the environmental pollution. And these factors were exerted important effects on the management behavior on the environmental preservation.