Influencing factors of urban residents' willingness to classify waste during COVID-19: The case of Hangzhou.

ABSTRACT: During COVID-19, the urban environment has faced more challenges, and household waste classification has become increasingly important. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this paper studies the key influencing factors and influence paths of urban residents' willingness to perform waste classification using a structural equation model. Based on the timing of two questionnaires, one before and one after the COVID-19 outbreak, we apply multigroup analysis to test the moderating role of the pandemic. We find that 1) social norms are the primary factor that directly affects residents' willingness to classify waste, followed by perceived behavior costs and behavior attitude. All factors show a positive effect, except for perceived behavior costs. We also find that 2) the results of m

SUBMITTER: Dong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846878 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature