Factors affecting the prevention of fine dust particles (PM2.5) of people in urban areas, ban-khor Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

This research aims to study the factors influencing the perception and prevention methods of small dust particles of people in the urban community area of ban-khor Khon Kaen Province. This research is quantitative research. The sample group is the population living in the urban community area of Khon Kaen Province, Ban Khor Subdistrict Municipality, totaling 350 people. The research instruments are questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis are frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values, and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study found that the perception of access to information sources was at a moderate level. The perception of the cause of the problem, the perception of information, the perception of risks, the perception of barriers to prevention, the perception of economic impacts, the perception of social impacts, and the perception of health impacts were at a high level. The perception of environmental impacts, the perception of government policy measures, and the methods of prevention of small dust particles were at a moderate level. The results of the multiple regression analysis used to analyze the factors influencing the perception and methods of prevention of small dust particles (PM2.5) in the urban community area Khon Kaen Province found that government policy measures (Beta = 0.534), age (Beta = -0.142), perception of problem causes (Beta = 0.128), risk perception (Beta = 0.095), and impact perception (Beta = 0.229), with R2 = 0.553 were factors that influenced the perception and methods of preventing PM2.5.