This research aimed to investigate the factors influencing students’ intention to adopt e-wallet in Universiti Putra Malaysia. There were 200 university students from Universiti Putra Malaysia participated in this research where they were chosen through simple random sampling method and systematic sampling method. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires. The findings showed that UPM students’ intention to adopt e-wallet had positive relationship with perceived usefulness (r = 0.846, p = 0.001), perceived ease of use (r = 0.773, p = 0.001), perceived security (r = 0.397, p = 0.001) and subjective norms (r = 0.528, p = 0.001). Meanwhile, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that the model contributed a total of 77.1% and perceived usefulness appeared as the most significant factor that contributed to the intention to adopt e-wallet among UPM students. Therefore, e-wallet companies and developers should educate and create awareness for the public about e-wallet’s features as well as encourage consumers to adopt e-wallet by providing them rewards for inviting friends to download and use.
Many people are now expressing their increased concern about serious environmental destruction as a result of human irresponsible environmental behaviour. The aim of this paper is to explore current scenarios of intention to practise solid waste segregation-at-source between households in Selangor. A total of 400 respondents in Selangor who aged 18 and above were employed to respond to bilingual research questionnaires. The results of the descriptive investigation indicated that plastic was the most major solid waste material segregated daily among the respondents. The majority of Selangor citizens surveyed had heard about and strongly supported this environmental policy. Approximately half of the sample agreed that the policy of solid waste segregation-at-source was extremely important in addressing serious negative global environmental issues. Unfortunately, due to a lack of awareness as well as insufficient technologies and facilities in their housing areas, one-fifth of the respondents had never intended to practise solid waste segregation-at-source in their daily lives. By realising ongoing challenges in the long-term implementation of solid waste segregation-at-source in Malaysia, this current research therefore provides an essential opportunity to explore the importance of having the intention to practise solid waste segregation-at-source among Malaysian citizens and of enriching existing local literature.
Health risk factors have been highlighted among Nigerian students at Universiti Putra Malaysia, but the pattern of food expenditure on diets that are said to be a control measure for the prevalence of risk factors such as chronic diseases, obesity, diabetes, and hypertension has been poorly discussed. The purpose of this paper is to examine food expenditure on diets and its relationship to health risk factors among Nigerian students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. Cross-sectional research design was used and data for the study was obtained using structured questionnaire. A total of 236 Nigerian students’ participants from Universiti Putra Malaysia aged 25-45 years consented to participate in this study and 233 were selected through systematic random sampling. Health conditions and personal risk factors were measured with the Institute for Public Health (2015) of National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS, 2011) questionnaire. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2007-2008) of Flexible Consumer Behavior Survey (FCBS) on food expenditure questionnaire was used in measuring all food and beverages spending of respondents for the period of 30 days. The data collected was cleaned and entered into a database and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Descriptive analyses for continuous data were expressed in mean and standard deviation while categorical data were presented in percentage. Pearson correlation analyses were used to examine the relationship between food expenditure on diets and health risk factors. The findings of the study showed that 67% were males and 33% females. The association between health risk factors and food expenditure were positively weak, but significant r = 0.14, (231), p < 0.05. The findings suggested that an increase in food expenditure pattern on diets was significantly associated with a minimal increase in health risk factors. For an average student food expenditure on diets, this can lead to a real obstacle to healthy eating. The findings provided recommendations for food expenditure on diets and health risk factors interventions and policies aimed at University students.
This aim of this paper is to analyse descriptively the attitude, descriptive norm, injunctive norm, and environmental knowledge in the research scope of the intention to practise solid waste segregation-at-source. 400 respondents living in the townships of the nine districts of Selangor, namely Sabak Bernam, Ulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor, Gombak, Ulu Langat, Petaling, Klang, Kuala Langat, and Sepang, were employed via a multistage sampling method to carry out this research. A self-administered bilingual questionnaire was used to collect quantified research data among respondents in order to examine their intention to practise solid waste segregation-at-source in daily routine. The descriptive analysis of the current quantitative data was then analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 26.0. The results of the descriptive investigation inferred that, overall, the Selangor households surveyed were perceived to have a favourable attitude, a high level of intention to practise solid waste segregation-at-source and environmental knowledge but moderately influenced by the descriptive norm and injunctive norm throughout the research. The present research has played a significant role in enriching the existing scarce and limited Malaysian literature on the intention to practise the solid waste segregation-at-source.