Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia

Wild Life value orientation is an important cognition to predict the behavior of individuals in wildlife management in conservation decisions. This article analyzed Malaysian value orientations toward wildlife and examined differences in value orientations among three demographic characteristics: ge...

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Main Authors: Jafarpour, Marjan, Mariapan, Manohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Marsland Press 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/1/Wildlife%20value%20orientations%20based%20on%20age%2C%20gender%20and%20education%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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author Jafarpour, Marjan
Mariapan, Manohar
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Mariapan, Manohar
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description Wild Life value orientation is an important cognition to predict the behavior of individuals in wildlife management in conservation decisions. This article analyzed Malaysian value orientations toward wildlife and examined differences in value orientations among three demographic characteristics: gender, education, residency situation. In addition, it has tested the reliability and validity of a scale that can be used in on-site surveys for measuring wildlife value orientations in wildlife management. The two wildlife value orientations: domination and mutualism were based on the previous research and theorizing in other countries. Data were acquired from a self administer survey (n=1337) sent to randomly selected individuals in the Malaysian population. The questionnaire was based on seven wildlife constructs based 27 items used to measure their wildlife value orientations. The results were not according to the prior researches in other developed and developing countries; perhaps, because of basic differences in their society comparing to Malaysia. To sum up, rural people in Malaysia were more utilitarian than urban. In addition, Men were more mutualism than women. The people with average education in Malaysia similar to the developing country showed more mutualism than low education while they were more mutualism than higher education as well.
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spelling upm-360212018-07-25T03:52:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/ Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia Jafarpour, Marjan Mariapan, Manohar Wild Life value orientation is an important cognition to predict the behavior of individuals in wildlife management in conservation decisions. This article analyzed Malaysian value orientations toward wildlife and examined differences in value orientations among three demographic characteristics: gender, education, residency situation. In addition, it has tested the reliability and validity of a scale that can be used in on-site surveys for measuring wildlife value orientations in wildlife management. The two wildlife value orientations: domination and mutualism were based on the previous research and theorizing in other countries. Data were acquired from a self administer survey (n=1337) sent to randomly selected individuals in the Malaysian population. The questionnaire was based on seven wildlife constructs based 27 items used to measure their wildlife value orientations. The results were not according to the prior researches in other developed and developing countries; perhaps, because of basic differences in their society comparing to Malaysia. To sum up, rural people in Malaysia were more utilitarian than urban. In addition, Men were more mutualism than women. The people with average education in Malaysia similar to the developing country showed more mutualism than low education while they were more mutualism than higher education as well. Marsland Press 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/1/Wildlife%20value%20orientations%20based%20on%20age%2C%20gender%20and%20education%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Jafarpour, Marjan and Mariapan, Manohar (2014) Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia. Life Science Journal, 11 (6). pp. 194-201. ISSN 1097-8135; ESSN: 2372-613X http://www.lifesciencesite.com/lsj/life1106/ 10.7537/marslsj110614.26
spellingShingle Jafarpour, Marjan
Mariapan, Manohar
Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title_full Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title_fullStr Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title_short Wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in Malaysia
title_sort wildlife value orientations based on age, gender and education in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36021/1/Wildlife%20value%20orientations%20based%20on%20age%2C%20gender%20and%20education%20in%20Malaysia.pdf