The Environmental Knowledge of Women and its Relationship with their Environmental Behaviors

In recent years, with the growth of cities and the consequent increase in urban population, environmental crises in societies, including Iran, have increased. Therefore, more attention should be paid in order to reduce environmental risks, the importance of environmental knowledge and literacy of people, especially women. Based on this, the present survey evaluated and assessed the environmental knowledge of women in Boroujerd in the winter of 2019. The statistical population, 15231 people, of the study included all housewives living in Boroujerd city of Lorestan Province. The statistical sample size using Cochran's formula was 385 people. The sampling method was cluster sampling and data were collected based on a standard questionnaire. SPSS software version 16 was also used to analyze the data. The main hypothesis of the research regarding the relationship between environmental knowledge and awareness with environmental behaviors of housewives was confirmed. The results showed that the environmental behaviors of about half of the housewives in this city were moderate.