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Report on the 2003 R.O.C. Environmental Protection Knowledge Survey

Absrtact	This survey was conducted by the Environmental Protection Administration, Government of the Republic of China. The objectives of this survey are to learn the knowledge level of adults and students about environmental protection and education channels, and the relationships between their environmental protection knowledge and practices. The findings of this survey are needed for future public policy decisionmaking on environmental protection and education. The population and samples of this survey includes five segments: (1) The R.O.C. residents who are 20 years or older (1,601 samples), (2) College students, including universities and junior college 4th and 5th years (1,209 samples), (3) Senior high school and vocational school students, including junior college 1st, 2nd and 3rd years, (4) Junior high school students (1,217 samples), (5) Primary school students, 4th, 5th and 6th graders (1,225 samples). The survey period was from May 1 to June 20, 2003. Adult residents were phonecall questionnaire interviews at home in 21 Taiwan provincial counties, Taipei City, and Kaohsiung City; college students were face-to-face interviewed at the entrances of each sampled school; while students of senior high school, junior high school, and primary school filled out the questionnaires in their classroom. Major findings of this survey are summarized as follows: ⅠGarbage treatment and recycling: 1. 97% of the adults supported recycling. 2. 84.5% of the adults always did recycling at home. 3. 96.2% of the adults supported that residents deliver garbage directly on to the truckle at the certain sites and on the scheduled time. 4. 90.3% the adults were willing to recycle kitchen leftover. Ⅱ Water quality protection and drinking water safety: 1. If finding industries releasing waste waster at night or on holidays, 85.5% of the college students, 81.4% of the senior high school students, 75.5% of the junior high school students and 73.7% of the adults would reported it to the authorities. 2. 1.2% of the adults are not to wash water-cleaner. 3
Keyword	Environmental Protection Knowledge

Absrtact

This survey was conducted by the Environmental Protection Administration, Government of the Republic of China. The objectives of this survey are to learn the knowledge level of adults and students about environmental protection and education channels, and the relationships between their environmental protection knowledge and practices. The findings of this survey are needed for future public policy decisionmaking on environmental protection and education. The population and samples of this survey includes five segments: (1) The R.O.C. residents who are 20 years or older (1,601 samples), (2) College students, including universities and junior college 4th and 5th years (1,209 samples), (3) Senior high school and vocational school students, including junior college 1st, 2nd and 3rd years, (4) Junior high school students (1,217 samples), (5) Primary school students, 4th, 5th and 6th graders (1,225 samples). The survey period was from May 1 to June 20, 2003. Adult residents were phonecall questionnaire interviews at home in 21 Taiwan provincial counties, Taipei City, and Kaohsiung City; college students were face-to-face interviewed at the entrances of each sampled school; while students of senior high school, junior high school, and primary school filled out the questionnaires in their classroom. Major findings of this survey are summarized as follows: ⅠGarbage treatment and recycling: 1. 97% of the adults supported recycling. 2. 84.5% of the adults always did recycling at home. 3. 96.2% of the adults supported that residents deliver garbage directly on to the truckle at the certain sites and on the scheduled time. 4. 90.3% the adults were willing to recycle kitchen leftover. Ⅱ Water quality protection and drinking water safety: 1. If finding industries releasing waste waster at night or on holidays, 85.5% of the college students, 81.4% of the senior high school students, 75.5% of the junior high school students and 73.7% of the adults would reported it to the authorities. 2. 1.2% of the adults are not to wash water-cleaner. 3

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Environmental Protection Knowledge