Relationship Knowledge Of Household Mother's Moments On Environmental Waste Management In Makassar City Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship of knowledge of housewives about the knowledge of pollution, with environmentally sound waste management in the city of Makassar. This type of research is quantitative research. The study population was all housewives in Rappocini Sub-District, Tidung, Makassar, with number of housewife = 1,883 people. Sample selection was done by random sampling method with 90 sample of housewife. The data collection was done by the test to measure the respondent's knowledge about the pollution. Data analysis technique, conducted by descriptive analysis and simple regression with SPSS software help, that is see how big correlation of knowledge variable of housewife about contamination (X), with environmentally sound waste management variable (Y). The results showed that the level of knowledge about the pollution of housewife in Makassar city (variable X) is in the medium category, has a positive relationship with variable Y with correlation coefficient value (r) of 0.322 and has a low participation rate on waste management environment.