Who cares more about the environment?: An empirical study in Vietnam

Date Received: Nov 11, 2020

Date Published: Dec 31, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2021.4.4.04

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Issue: Vol. 4 No. 4 (2021): Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

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Chinh, T., & Giang, N. (2021). Who cares more about the environment?: An empirical study in Vietnam. Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 4(4), 1241–1256. https://doi.org/10.31817/vjas.2021.4.4.04

Who cares more about the environment?: An empirical study in Vietnam

Tran Cong Chinh (*) 1   , Nguyen Thi Huong Giang 1

  • Corresponding author: tcchinh@vnua.edu.vn
  • 1 Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi 131000, Vietnam

    • Keywords

    Vietnam, environmental concern, ethnic minority, social class, political involvement

    Abstract


    Environmental problems have become one of the top concerns in Vietnam since 2016. This study aimed to investigate what groups of people were most concerned about the environment and to what extent their concerns differed from each other. Logistic regression models were used to perform the analyses. The analysis on the gender - environmental concern relationship indicated that males were more likely to be concerned about the environment than females. The age - environmental concern relationship suggested higher concern levels of younger people as compared to older people. In the examination of the social class - environmental concern relationship, people who were wealthier, well-educated, and had greater occupational prestige tended to have more concerns. People with higher education levels also expressed higher levels of concern toward the environment. People with postgraduate degrees reported the highest level of concern, while people with no formal education showed the least concern. From the perspective of the political involvement - environmental concern relationship, it was shown that while people who were not a member of any organization were the least environmentally concerned, the members of university alumni associations were the most concerned. Finally, the exploration of the residence - environmental concern relationship pointed out that Kinh people were more environmentally concerned than Vietnamese ethnic minority groups, and people in the North Central Coast paid the highest attention to the environment in Vietnam.

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