Effects of Age and Education on Market Women's Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour

This study examined the effects of age and education on environmental knowledge, attitude and behaviour among market women in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive research of the survey type was adopted and 403 market women were selected from different markets in Ibadan using simple random sampling technique. Survey items adapted from Fah & Sirisena (2014) and Abdullahi & Tuna (2014) were pilot-tested among female artisans and Cronbach's coefficient of .947, .70 and .766 were obtained for environmental knowledge, attitude and behaviour respectively. The questionnaire was personally administered with the help of four trained research assistants to the respondents. Six research hypotheses were raised for the study and data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics of T-test and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results of the analysis revealed that there was a statistically significant difference among young and old market women's environmental knowledge and behaviour but no significant difference exists among young and old market women's environmental attitude. The results also showed that there was a significant effect of education on environmental knowledge, attitude and behaviour among market women. Hence, it was suggested that lifelong learning opportunities should be provided for all so as to have a more literate society and there should be a conscious effort at encouraging market women to acquire a basic level of education.