Mediating Role of Environmental Awareness for the Nexus between Perceived Risks of COVID-19 Pandemic and Use of Sustainable Transportation: Evidence from Urban Passengers in Ethiopia, 2022
Table 4
COVID-19 anxiety, climate change awareness, and sustainable travel behavior.
Variables
Agreement levels
Public transport users
Private vehicle users
Mean
Significance of the difference
COVID-19 pandemic is a risk to me
4.86
4.63
4.74
COVID-19 pandemic is a risk to others
5.58
5.34
5.46
Environmental degradation caused COVID-19
5.74
5.38
5.56
Climate change/global warming is anthropogenic
6.45
6.06
6.25
Climate change/global warming is a risk to me
5.53
5.11
5.32
Climate change/global warming is a risk to others
5.84
5.42
5.63
Environment concern for the attractiveness of the transport they use
5.48
4.29
4.88
COVID-19 pandemic enhanced my environmental awareness
5.71
4.01
4.86
Public transportation modes are friendly to the environment
6.10
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N.B: Data were generated from the answers given on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree. Source: Field survey (2022).
