Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Assessment of Carbon Footprints of Rural Households of Vadodara District, Gujarat, India

Dr. Neerja Jaiswal, Ms. Khyati Shah

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Carbon emissions into the atmosphere are a colossal problem that must be handled. The present study was undertaken to assess the carbon footprints of selected rural households of Vadodara district, Gujarat, India.. The study comprised of 180 households from Undera, Dhanora and Koyli villages of Vadodara district, Gujarat, India. The data of the present descriptive research were collected by personal interviewing the homemakers of the households by the investigators on a pre–validated and pre–tested interview schedule. A standard online calculator was used to calculate carbon footprint of the households. Descriptive and relational statistics (frequencies, percentage, mean, and ANOVA) were computed for statistical analyses.. Slightly more than one– half of the households had high primary carbon footprints and majority of the households had low secondary carbon footprints. Majority of the households overall had low total carbon footprints. The statistical findings highlighted that the respondents varied significantly in their carbon footprints due to their personal income(F=3.393 at 0.05 level of significance), family size(F=9.906 at 0.01 level of significance), employment status(t=3.068 at 0.01 level of significance) and type of family(t=3.622 at 0.01 level of significance).The findings of the present research would assist the households to become aware about their activities that contribute carbon dioxide necessitating needed changes in their lifestyle in protecting the mother earth.  

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Dr. Neerja Jaiswal, Ms. Khyati Shah / Assessment of Carbon Footprints of Rural Households of Vadodara District, Gujarat, India / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013

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