The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria

Energy conservation at homes has become a topical issue among policy makers and researchers. This is borne out of the fact that household energy demand constitutes a large portion of the total energy demand in most countries. In Nigeria, the sector accounts for 40% of the total...

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Main Authors: Stephen, Enyinnaya Eluwa, Ho, Chin Siong
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Published: 2013
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spelling my.utm.407412017-06-19T02:32:42Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40741/ The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria Stephen, Enyinnaya Eluwa Ho, Chin Siong NA9000-9284 City planning Energy conservation at homes has become a topical issue among policy makers and researchers. This is borne out of the fact that household energy demand constitutes a large portion of the total energy demand in most countries. In Nigeria, the sector accounts for 40% of the total energy demand. Leaning upon the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study examines the relationship that exists between energy conservation and psychological variables on one hand and household socio-demographic characteristics on the other hand. Structural equation model was used to model the path diagram of the relationship that exists between the two domains (psychological and socio-demographic variables). Results show that Psychological variables were strongly related to energy conservation while the socio-demographic variables were insignificant in influencing energy conservation. 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40741/1/StephenEnyinnayaEluwa2013_TheImpactOfPsychologicaAndSocio-EconomicVariables.pdf Stephen, Enyinnaya Eluwa and Ho, Chin Siong (2013) The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria. ARPN Journal of Earth Sciences, 2 (3). pp. 81-89. ISSN 2305-493X
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The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
description Energy conservation at homes has become a topical issue among policy makers and researchers. This is borne out of the fact that household energy demand constitutes a large portion of the total energy demand in most countries. In Nigeria, the sector accounts for 40% of the total energy demand. Leaning upon the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study examines the relationship that exists between energy conservation and psychological variables on one hand and household socio-demographic characteristics on the other hand. Structural equation model was used to model the path diagram of the relationship that exists between the two domains (psychological and socio-demographic variables). Results show that Psychological variables were strongly related to energy conservation while the socio-demographic variables were insignificant in influencing energy conservation.
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author Stephen, Enyinnaya Eluwa
Ho, Chin Siong
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Ho, Chin Siong
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title The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
title_short The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
title_full The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
title_fullStr The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed The impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of Ibadan City, Nigeria
title_sort impact of psychological and socio-economic variables on household energy conservation: a case study of ibadan city, nigeria
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