College of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, China.
School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
J Environ Public Health. 2022 Oct 6;2022:8445890. doi: 10.1155/2022/8445890. eCollection 2022.
United Nations set a Sustainable Development Goal to provide clean water for everyone (SDG 6). The successful implementation of SDG 6 is still miles to go. Public awareness's role as a key factor in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 is vital but received less attention from researchers in the past. To understand the role of public awareness and other relevant factors in achieving SDG 6, we have collected a cross-sectional dataset from a developing country and applied a partial least square structural equation modelling approach. The results revealed that willingness to pay for clean water, social influence, and facilities provided by the government, public awareness, and knowledge about contaminated water positively influence the households' intentions to use clean water. We also found that public awareness partially mediates relationships. Study results have useful policy implications for governments, NGOs, and other stakeholder organizations working on achieving SDG 6 in developing countries.
联合国制定了一个可持续发展目标，即为每个人提供清洁水（SDG6）。但要实现这一目标，还有很长的路要走。公众意识作为实现可持续发展目标 6 的关键因素之一，至关重要，但过去却没有得到研究人员的足够重视。为了了解公众意识和其他相关因素在实现可持续发展目标 6 中的作用，我们从一个发展中国家收集了一个横截面数据集，并应用偏最小二乘结构方程模型方法。结果表明，愿意为清洁水付费、社会影响、政府提供的设施、公众意识以及对污染水的了解，积极影响家庭使用清洁水的意愿。我们还发现，公众意识在一定程度上起到了中介作用。研究结果对致力于在发展中国家实现可持续发展目标 6 的政府、非政府组织和其他利益相关组织具有有益的政策意义。
