1. The effect of gender and age structure on municipal waste generation in Poland.
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Talalaj, Izabela Anna and Walery, Maria
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GENDER , *AGE , *WOMEN employees , *PER capita , *WASTE products management , *REGRESSION analysis - Abstract
In this study the effect of gender and age structure on municipal waste generation was investigated. The data from 10-year period, from 2001 to 2010 year, were taken into consideration. The following parameters of gender and age structure were analyzed: men and woman quantity, female to male ratio, number of working, pre-working and post-working age men/women, number of unemployed men/women. The results have showed a strong correlation of annual per capita waste generation rate with number of unemployed women ( r = 0.70) and female to male ratio ( r = 0.81). This indicates that waste generation rate is more depended on ratio of men and women that on quantitative size of each group. Using the regression analysis a model describing the dependence between female to male ratio, number of unemployed woman and waste quantity was determined. The model explains 70% of waste quantity variation. Obtained results can be used both to improve waste management and to a fuller understanding of gender behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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