Open AccessInfluence of Gender and Environmental Awareness on Attitude of People towards Forest Conservation in Ekuri Communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State
Author(s) -
Ajayi C Omoogun,
Onimisi Anthony
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of public administration and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-7104
DOI - 10.5296/jpag.v3i2.3984
Subject(s) - stratified sampling , government (linguistics) , data collection , socioeconomics , local government area , local government , state (computer science) , product (mathematics) , statistical analysis , questionnaire , psychology , pearson product moment correlation coefficient , geography , environmental resource management , sociology , environmental science , social science , statistics , mathematics , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , archaeology , algorithm
This study examined some psychological variables and attitude of people towards forest conservation in Ekuri communities in Akamkpa local government area of Cross River State. This Ex-Post Facto research involved two hundred respondents consisting of farmers, traders and students selected through stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire constructed by the researchers was used for data collection while independent t-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical analysis were used for data analysis. The research findings revealed that there is a significant influence of gender and environmental awareness on attitude of people towards forest conservation. Based on these findings, appropriate recommendations were made.