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Age and Household Solid Waste Arising in Suburban Malaysia: A Statistical Approach

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dc.contributor.authorIrwan D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBasri N.E.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWatanabe K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmed A.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55937632900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid26648103500en_US
dc.contributor.authorid55765746600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57214837520en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T09:42:18Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T09:42:18Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionSolid wastes; Statistical methods; Age; Aging societies; Household solid waste; Malaysia; Multi-layered; Per capita; Socio-economics; Solid waste generation; Statistical approach; Sustainable cities; Surveysen_US
dc.description.abstractAn ageing society could be construed as a socioeconomic disaster as it entails many multi-layered complications across many aspects essential to the running of an efficient and sustainable city. This paper aims to examine the relationship between age and the rate of household solid waste (HSW) generation per capita from households in selected residential areas of the suburban Malaysian townships of Bandar Baru Bangi, Putrajaya and Kajang. Primary HSW data arising was collected directly via door-to-door bin sampling method from an initial sample of 423 individual households during pre-determined two-week sampling periods over a span of 13�months. The demography of the sample was obtained from face-to-face questionnaire surveys with the households� respondents. Subsequent data refinement resulted in a final sample of 219 households consisting of 4623 discrete measurements being used for statistical analysis in the IBM SPSS software package. Results of statistical analyses show that weighted average age has a small and positive but statistically insignificant correlation to average daily per capita HSW arising. It was also determined that older households possessed a slightly higher albeit statistically insignificant rate of per capita HSW generation compared to younger ones. Additionally, households with elderly residents were found to produce more HSW per capita. Households with toddlers discharged HSW at a comparable rate to households without. Likewise, households with toddlers exclusive of elders have similar rates of HSW arising to their counterparts. In conclusion, there is evidence to suggest that a positive linkage between age and the rate of HSW arising exists. However, evidence from this study shows that the relationship between the two is insignificant from a statistical perspective. � 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-981-16-5543-2_23
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dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85119023180
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/27298
dc.identifier.volume183
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbHen_US
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
dc.titleAge and Household Solid Waste Arising in Suburban Malaysia: A Statistical Approachen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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