scholarly journals A Study on Students’ Awareness about Organic Food Products and Purchase Behaviour with Special Reference to Tirupur City

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-125
Author(s):  
Sadika Sultana M ◽  
Thilak S

This study is focused on the awareness among the students about organic products, buying behavior and attitude towards the organic products. The research design adopted in the study was descriptive design. This study is based on the primary data and the data has been collected from the students employing a structured questionnaire. The sampling technique used in this study is convenient sampling method where the sample size comprises of different types of students in order to test their awareness about organic products. A sample of 118 respondents was taken for the study. The tools applied to analyze the data included simple percentage analysis, chi-square test and average ranking analysis.

Online shopping is the use of internet as means of communication with consumers, the field of e-commerce, e-service quality in online shopping has experienced a rapid growth in the recent years. The empirical study is attempted to focus on the e-service quality of online shopping in Salem city consumers. The major objectives of the research were to know the perception of online buyers about online service quality, to know the factors influencing and identify the problems of online shopping of e-service quality; with the help of structured questionnaire for primary data with sample size of 100 respondents. The statistical tools used for this research study were the following: Percentage Analysis, One-sample t-test, Ranking Analysis and Chi-square test.


2018 ◽  
pp. 179-185
Author(s):  
Azrida Machmud ◽  
Suchi Avnalurini Sharief ◽  
Halida Thamrin

For children and adolescent girls found many health problems, especially anemia. In women with iron deficiency anemia, the amount of menstrual blood is also more. Most women do not feel the symptoms at the time of menstruation, but some feel heavy in the pelvis or feel pain (dysmenorrhoea). Various studies have shown that the incidence of dysmenorrhoea is still quite high, those who experience severe dysmenorrhoea after taking the drug should rest and it is recommended to limit even leave the school or work for 1-3 days in a month which would certainly be detrimental to women in the activity, especially in young women who are in a period of growth and development. The purpose of this study to determine the relationship between anemia with dismenorhoe incident. The approach taken in this research is quantitative. This type of research used surveyive design with cross sectional approach. In this research the sampling method using Random Sampling technique. The results showed a significant relationship between anemia with the incidence of dysmenorrhoea in UMI midwifery students where the results of Chi Square test of 9,737 with p-value 0.0001 <0,05. It can be concluded that anemia can cause dysmenorrhoea in young women, so the need to increase knowledge about nutrition for young woman to prevent the happening of anemia.          


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Pitambar Shrestha

The research paper sought to analyze the interest and awareness of Nepali people on government securities with one specific objectives of to examine the investor's interest and awareness towards government securities. The descriptive and analytical research design has been adopted in the study. The target population was the all investors of government securities in Nepal. The judgmental sampling method has been used to select the investor and 200 respondents were taken as its sample size. The data were collected using structured questionnaire. Chi-square test was done to examine the investor's interest and awareness towards government securities. It can be concluded that both educated and uneducated people are interested in government security. Thus, the research paper draws the conclusion that both poor and rich people are interested in government security. The income is the major factor of investment on government security.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Debby Daviani Prawati

Background: Diarrhea is an illness which characterized by changed in shape, consistency of the stool and with excessive bowel frequency (more than 3 times within a day). Diarrhea disease is the third contributor of children’s morbidity and mortality rate around the world. Purpose: This study aims to analyzing factors that caused diarrhea’s cases. This research were an observational analytic type. Sampling technique were used random sampling / probability sampling. Methods: Data were analyzed by chi-square test. Data collection techniques were divided into primary data (direct observation and questionnaire) and secondary data (journals and articles). Results: On this research showed theres no significant correlation between sex, age, education, income, hand washing behavior using soap, clean water facility and trashbin condition with diarrhea occurrence during last 3 months in RW.VI Kelurahan Rangkah Buntu, Surabaya. There were a significant relation between cleaning up the environment, making and consuming oralit, and the behavior of handwashing with soap before meals at the rate of diarrhea cases during the last 3 months in RW VI Kelurahan Rangkah Buntu, Surabaya. Conclusion: theres no significant correlation between social demography, behavior using soap, clean water facility and trasbin and a significant relation between clean up the environtment, behavior handwashing, making and consuming oralit during the last 3 month in RW VI Kelurahan Rangkah Buntu, Surabaya.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-34
Author(s):  
Laila Apriani Hasanah Harahap ◽  
Evawany Aritonang ◽  
Zulhaida Lubis

Online food ordering is a food delivery service through applications that are obtained quickly and safely. This is related to obesity. This type of research uses a descriptive type of study, with a cross sectional study design. This research was conducted at Medan, Medan University with 83 samples taken using purposive sampling method. The data used are primary data obtained based on measurements of student weight and height, recall and food frequency are analyzed by chi- square test. The results of the study showed that there was a correlation between the frequency of online food ordering with obesity (p <0.001) and there was no correlation between the types of food and obesity (p = 0.099) in the students of Medan Area University. To deal with the problem of obesity, it is easy to get access to online food ordering.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 547-562
Author(s):  
Ernyasih Ernyasih ◽  
Isnie Nurajizah Wijayanti

The amount of waste in Indonesia in 2019 will reach 68 million tons and plastic waste is estimated to reach 9.52 million tons or 14 percent of the total existing waste. (Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, 2017). In 2018 the total amount of waste in Bekasi Regency reached 152.3 tons per year. The composition of waste from plastic sources ranks first in the type of non-organic waste with a percentage of 9% (Bekasi Regency Environmental Service, 2018). Many impacts are caused by plastic bags on the environment, human health, and marine life. This study was conducted to determine the factors associated with reducing the use of plastic bags in the Bekasi Regency. The study design used was cross-sectional with primary data distributed through a questionnaire. A sample of 319 people, the retrieval is done by simple random sampling technique. Data analysis used chi square test (α = 0.05). Variables related to reducing the use of plastic bags are knowledge (p-value = 0.009 and OR = 0.465) and attitude (p-value = 0.038 and OR = 0.587). While the variables that were not related to the reduction in the use of plastic bags were age (p-value = 0.509), gender (p-value = 0.065), education (p-value = 0.667) and salary (p-value = 0.359). Factors that influence the reduction in the use of plastic bags in the Bekasi Regency are knowledge and attitudes. It is hoped that there will be an increase in the application of plastic bag costs in government policies regarding the plastic bag diet so that the use of plastic bags in the community can be minimized.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajender Kumar ◽  
Dinesh K. Gupta

Purpose This study aims to assess users' satisfaction from the re-structured library resources and services due to technological innovations in the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi library. It also identifies and suggests potential improvement areas. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a survey research method to collect data from the end-users of the library. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire. In total, 100 copies of questionnaires were distributed to the students, and out of the filled received questionnaires, 92 were found dully completed and useable. Collected data were analyzed by using percentage and chi-square test for testing of hypothesis. Findings This study shows that users' usage and preference for e-resources and e-services are increasing as there is a general trend to overlook traditional print resources where e-resources are available in the first place. The study recommends that a radical rethinking is required to strengthen the electronic collection and improve the library services. Practical implications The paper has a direct practical implication. It suggests that as technology continues to evolve, it is likely that academic institutes find themselves identifying appropriate areas to redesign library activities and services regularly. This paper reveals the practice of re-engineering in academic library services and knowing students' specific preferences of resources and services to enhance library usage. Originality/value The study is based on the self-designed structured questionnaire. Primary data has been collected from the IIT Delhi library users, thus providing original information and informative inputs to the existing literature.


Author(s):  
Yetti Lusiani ◽  
Hasny Hasny ◽  
Sondang Sondang ◽  
Salwah Salwah

Smoking tends to be favored by men, including women. “89% of smokers are adolescences who are influenced by advertisement,” said the Secretary General of Child Protection, Arist Merdeka Sirait. The National Socio-Economic Survey in 2009 states that the highest adolescence group between 15 to 19 years old that smoke reaches to 63.7%.The research used analytic method with cross sectional  design.  The samples were 30 adolescences, taken by using simple random sampling technique. The data consisted of  primary and secondary data. Primary data were gathered by using questionnaires about the threat and effort to forestall the danger of smoking. The gathered data were analyzed by using univatriate analysis and bivatriate analysis with chi square statistic test. The result of the research showed that 22 respondents (73.3%) were threatened by the danger of smoking, and 8 respondents (26.7%) were not, while 8 respondents (26.7%) attempted to forestall the danger of smoking for dental health and 22 respondents (73.3%) did not.The result of chi square test showed that there was no significant correlation between the variable of threat and the variable of effort to forestall the danger of smoking for adolescences’ dental health (p = 3.55). The threat felt by adolescences did not influence their effort to forestall the danger of smoking for their dental health.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-123
Author(s):  
Ibnu Fuqon ◽  
Asriwati Amirah ◽  
Jamaluddin Jamaluddin ◽  
Lucia Lastiur

A study conducted by the Directorate of Nursing Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (2011) found that the nursing services provided by nurses to patients had not reached the set target, namely a minimum figure of 75% of the nurse's performance was said to be good.This type of research is quantitative, with adesign cross-sectional which aims to see the effect of headroom supervision on the performance of nurses in the inpatient room of the  General Hospital Hajj Medan in 2020. The sampling technique used is proportioanl stratified random. sampling. Data collection using primary data by distributing questionnaires to the nurse administrators and secondary data obtained from the hospital, namely the hospital profile. Data analysis used Chi square test (α = 0.05) and multiple linear regression.The results showed that the variables that influence the performance of nurses are planning (p = 0.000), guiding (p = 0.045), monitoring (p = 0.000), evaluation (p = 0.002), recording and reporting (p = 0.000). The variables that did not affect the nurse's performance were organizing (p = 0.382) and directing (p = 0.065). In conclusion, the most influential variable is recording and reporting with the highest coefficient value, amounting to 1.674 with a positive value. It is recommended that the head of the room carry out supervision in a programmed, scheduled manner, in accordance with the standards and principles of its implementation and optimize recording and reporting in supervision activities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Nur Hidayati ◽  
Eighty Mardiyan Kurniawati ◽  
Juniastuti Juniastuti

 AbstractBackground: Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is one of the lower female genital tract infections caused by Candida sp. The Symptoms of VVC are more production of yellowish-white secretions, irritation, odor, itching in the genitals to swelling. One of the risk factors triggering CVV is the use pessaries in patients with uterine prolapse. This study aims to determine the relationship between pessary installation and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC) incident. Methods: this research uses a cross sectional study with a sampling technique that is purposive sampling. The sample used was POP patients with pessaries who visited Dr. Hospital. Soetomo in 2018 as many as 68 patients. The primary data in this study is a research form that has been prepared by the researcher, while the secondary data is patient medical records. Data analysis used the Chi-Square test with a Prevalence Ratio (PR) of 95% CI. Results: This study showed that the incidence of CVV was most commonly found in women aged >45 years with most of them being in primary education, using a pessary for more than 3 months and being a housewife, meanwhile the incidence of CVV was more common in POP women with pessaries than without a pessary. The results of the Chi-Square test showed that have a significant relationship between pessarium installation and the incidence of CVV (p=0.041). Conclusion: there is a relationship between pessary installation in POP patient and vulvovaginal candidiasis incident. 


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