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Examining The University Students' Environmental Protection Commitments And Environment-Friendly Consumption Behaviors

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  • Veysel Yilmaz
  • Talha Arslan

    (Eskişehir Osmangazi University
    Eskişehir Osmangazi University)

Abstract

This study probes into the environmental sensitivities, environmental protection commitments and environment-friendly consumption behaviors of university students taking into consideration students’ genders, their family’s’ place of domicile and particularly the parent’s education levels. . It was found that gender, place of domicile, and particularly parent’s education level were important factors in affecting students’ environmental sensitivity and behavior. It can be concluded that the study participants’ environmental sensitivity was high, with their environment-friendly consumption behaviors remaining at a level close to the average.

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  • Veysel Yilmaz & Talha Arslan, 2011. "Examining The University Students' Environmental Protection Commitments And Environment-Friendly Consumption Behaviors," Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences, Anadolu University, vol. 11(3), pages 1-10, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:and:journl:v:11:y:2011:i:3:p:1-10
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    1. Bilge Nur Öztürk, 2021. "The Environmentalist Movement in the World and Environmental Studies in the Marketing Literature," Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 1(12), pages 37-54.
    2. Veysel Yilmaz & Yasemin Can, 2020. "Impact of knowledge, concern and awareness about global warming and global climatic change on environmental behavior," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 6245-6260, October.

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    Keywords

    Environmental sensitivity; Environment-friendly consumption; Environmental protection commitment.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • C39 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Other

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