Abstract
The background of this research was due to the lack of people’s awareness to their environment. A report by Indonesian Central Statistics Agency in 2018 stated that the Indonesian Environmental Ignorance Behavior Index (IPKLH) in 2018 is 0.72. The number indicates a high level of ignorance on waste management. That being said, the character of environmental care in society is still low. Therefore, the researcher was moved to study the influence of knowledge issues and demographic factors on environmental care for elementary school students. A quantitative survey was utilized as a research methodology. In this study, 119 people were included as a sample. Of the questionnaire instrument for the character of environmental care, the researcher had adjusted to the life of elementary school students. The questionnaire instrument was then analyzed using SPSS version 22.0 with simple regression technique and multiple regression. The result showed that the significant value obtained by all variables is 0.001 or P < 0.05. That being said, Ha wa accepted, and Ho was rejected, or it displays that there was an influence between each of them. The percentage obtained respectely is 4.4% and 9.4%
Highlights
The environment is the things around us that can affect our lives
Because the study wants to test the hypothesis about how much knowledge of issues and demographic factors influence elementary school students' environmental care character, the researcher employs a quantitative approach with a survey method
The results of the analysis show that there is a significant influence between knowledge of issue variables and demographic factors on the character of environmental care
Summary
Background The environment is the things around us that can affect our lives. Our lives as humans will not be separated from interactions with the environment (Wiryono, 2013). The environment is an element that affects life because maintaining the environment will positively impact human life. Environmental quality depends on human attitudes and. Vol 8 No 2, December 2021 behavior towards the environment itself (Palupi dan Sawitri, 2017: 214). Environmental issues are part of a severe global problem felt by humans, which is increasing day by day (Fua, 2014: 20). The lack of human awareness of environmental conditions is one of the causes. The environment is still not considered important, while environmental damage has occurred everywhere and was followed by natural disasters that caused many victims
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