Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Table 2

Pearson’s correlations between the TPB constructs and external variables.

(a)

Variable	Intention	Perceived control	Subjective norms	Moral obligation	Attitude	Behavior
Intention	1	.180	.226	.157	.213	.524
Perceived control		1	.494	.192	.246	.452
Subjective norms			1	.061	.482	.377
Moral obligation				1	.163	.188
Attitude					1	.293
Behavior						1

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (1-tailed).

(b)

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
() Ownership	1	−.051	−.061	.131	.268	.012	−.110	−.210
() Level of HF		1	−.163	.015	−.075	.002	−.149	.208
() Knowledge			1	.091	.266	.013	.281	−.299
() Risks				1	.108	.116	.092	−.228
() Knowledge on color coded bins						1	−.151	−.209
() Adequate training on segregation							1	−.176
() Behavior								1

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (1-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (1-tailed).