Examination of the Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours of some University Students

The purpose of this study was to explore an empirical examination of the environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of some university students. This study was also aimed to ascertain differences the environmental knowledge, attitudes and behaviours based on students’ gender. In addition, the relationships environmental knowledge and environmental attitudes to environmental behaviours were studied. The sample consisted of 360 students (163 male and 197 female) from 4 Universities in Amapura, Sagaing and Kyaukse Township. In the analysis of data, the descriptive statistics, independent t-test and correlation analysis were used. Results of descriptive study showed that University students had moderate level of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards environment. Based on gender, there were no significant differences in terms of attitudes and behaviours towards environment. However, there was significant difference in terms of knowledge which male students had higher knowledge to environment as compared to female students. According to the Pearson correlation results, the environmental knowledge and attitudes of students were correlated with environmental behaviours. However, the correlation is weak