School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, PR China.
School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, PR China.
Sci Total Environ. 2021 Sep 15;787:147522. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147522. Epub 2021 May 5.
Specific awareness is an important factor that affects individual behavioral decisions. This study explored the relationship between crisis awareness and medical waste separation behavior shown by urban residents during the COVID-19 epidemic in China. The results of a questionnaire survey data (N = 668) were subjected to statistical analyses, regression analyses, and cross-analyses. In terms of medical waste separation, the detection rate was 12.65%, among which, the waste separation behavior by citizens was the highest (24.56%). In terms of the relationship between crisis awareness and medical waste separation behavior, the crisis awareness generated by the environmental situation is significantly related to individuals' participation in the separation of medical waste. In particular, individual spontaneous crisis awareness only had a significant positive correlation with the waste separation behavior for the decision factor. The residents were clustered into "sensitive", "conscious", "passive", and "insensitive" types based on the original crisis awareness characteristics. The "sensitive" group was more actively involved in the separation of medical waste, while the "insensitive" group showed the worst performance for the separation of medical waste. A comparison of the separation behaviors shown by the "conscious" group and the "passive" group confirmed that environment-driven crisis awareness has a higher correlation with the separation of medical waste by residents.
特定意识是影响个体行为决策的重要因素。本研究探讨了中国城市居民在 COVID-19 疫情期间危机意识与医疗废物分类行为之间的关系。对问卷调查数据（N=668）进行了统计分析、回归分析和交叉分析。在医疗废物分类方面，检出率为 12.65%，其中市民的分类行为最高（24.56%）。在危机意识与医疗废物分类行为的关系方面，环境状况产生的危机意识与个人参与医疗废物分离显著相关。特别是个体自发的危机意识仅与决策因素的废物分离行为呈显著正相关。根据原始危机意识特征，居民被聚类为“敏感”、“有意识”、“被动”和“不敏感”型。“敏感”群体更积极地参与医疗废物的分离，而“不敏感”群体的医疗废物分离表现最差。“有意识”组和“被动”组分离行为的比较证实，环境驱动的危机意识与居民医疗废物的分离相关性更高。
