Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education and Technology (ICETECH 2021)

Revealing Students’ Environmental Habits on Electricity and Water Usage in Their Daily Life

Authors
Akhmad Sukri1, *, Muhammad Arief Rizka2, Marheny Lukitasari3, Elly Purwanti4, Gito Hadiprayitno5
1Department of Biology Education, Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika
2Department of Non Formal Education, Universitas Pendidikan Mandalika
3Department of Biology Education, Universitas PGRI Madiun
4Department of Biology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
5Department of Biology Education, Universitas Mataram
*Corresponding author. Email: akhmadsukri@undikma.ac.id
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Akhmad Sukri
Available Online 6 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220103.020How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Environmental habits; electricity & water usage
Abstract

This study aims to (1) reveal the environmental habits of students in daily usage of electricity and water and (2) examine how demographic factors influence students’ environmental habits. This research is conducted through a survey of 1.347 students from universities in Indonesia. This study uses a Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 2 statement items, namely “I turn off the electricity when not in use”, and “I always turn off the water faucet when not in use” as the research instrument. Five demographic variables, namely gender, students’ major, grade level, grade point average, and parental occupation, are tested to determine their effect on students’ environmental habits. Inferential statistics, namely ANOVA and multiple linear regression test are used to test the variables, while descriptive statistics are used to find the frequency, mean, standard deviation, and standard error. The result shows that two variables, namely gender and students’ major have a significant influence on the environmental habits of students with a contribution of 2.7% (P<.05, R square =.027), while the other three variables had an insignificant impact on students’ environmental habits (P>.05). Furthermore, the result of this study proves that (1) women have better environmental habits than men (P<.05), and (2) students in the science education major have better environmental habits than other majors such as social humanities and non-science education (P<.05). This study indicates the importance of introducing and understanding the environment to foster awareness and positive behavior of students towards the environment.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education and Technology (ICETECH 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
6 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-508-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220103.020How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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AU  - Muhammad Arief Rizka
AU  - Marheny Lukitasari
AU  - Elly Purwanti
AU  - Gito Hadiprayitno
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PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 126
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SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220103.020
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