Authors : Ayman Suliman Mazahreh, Heba Hammad, Mohamad Said Al-Damanhouri and Hind Kaled Jamil Alsarayreh
Abstract: This research is conducted to answer the question of: to what degree the Jordanian working women use the environmental practices in accordance with the variables of the research such as: age, educational qualification, maritual status, work field and the place of living. Five hypothesis are tested. The sample of the study consisted of one hundred and eighty one of wording women. The research instrument consisted of seventy four items to measure the women's environmental practices. The instrument was designed using likart five scale. Validity value of the instrument on chronbach alpha was 0.74 and was considered a good value for the purpose of the study. To test the hypothesis of the study, t-test was used for the variables of the place of living, the maritual status and the work field. It was found that there was no statistical significance differences of women practices due to the place of living on all fields of the study except for water and noise. In addition, the total environmental practices were found too not of statistical significance. There were clear differences in women's practices due to the maritual status and the fields of water, chemical cleanliness and environmental practices. There were not clear differences regarding the other fields of the study. There were not clear differences of the practices of the working women in all the fields of the study and the general environmental practices due to the field of work. Only, the differences were statistically significant in the field of the chemical cleanliness (0.008) in favor of the women working in the public sector more than those working in the private sector. The one way analysis ANOVA was used for the research hypothesis related to the variables of age and the educational qualification. It showed statistical significance at (∞ = 0.05) in all the fields of the study and the environmental practices in general due to age. It was found that those between the age of 20-29 performed generally better. Regarding the educational qualifications, there were no statistical significant differences regarding the different fields (home garbage, water, energy, nutrition, air, noise). However, there was statistical significant difference in the fields of chemical cleanliness and environmental practices 0.000-0.019, respectively in favor of the holders of the master degree.
Ayman Suliman Mazahreh, Heba Hammad, Mohamad Said Al-Damanhouri and Hind Kaled Jamil Alsarayreh, 2010. The Role Played by the Jordanian Working Women to Preserve the Local Environment. Environmental Research Journal, 4: 195-203.