Knowledge of and attitudes towards Sustainable Development Goals among adults in South Africa

IF 1.1 4区社会学 Q3 GEOGRAPHY

South African Geographical Journal Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI:10.1080/03736245.2022.2148723

S. Dlamini, E. Block, Nondumiso Mathibela

{"title":"Knowledge of and attitudes towards Sustainable Development Goals among adults in South Africa","authors":"S. Dlamini, E. Block, Nondumiso Mathibela","doi":"10.1080/03736245.2022.2148723","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study used survey results to describe selected adult South Africans’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Results revealed that more females than males claimed to have been taught about the SDGs and that more young people than the elderly claimed to have adequate knowledge of the SDGs. Results also revealed that those with a high school education claimed not to have been taught about SDGs, whilst those with a Masters education claimed to have been taught about SDGs. Interestingly, half of the PhD graduates indicated that they had not been taught about SDGs, which may indicate that increased levels of education do not translate into a better knowledge of the SDGs. In terms of the perceived impact of COVID-19 on the attainment of SDGs, results indicated that the majority of respondents aged between 31–40, believed that the pandemic has made the SDGs less attainable by 2030, with much fewer younger respondents expressing such a sentiment. Respondents with higher levels of education were of the view that COVID-19 will have a negative effect on the attainment of the SDGs by 2030. These results are important for policy and developmental planning in the face of COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":46279,"journal":{"name":"South African Geographical Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":"384 - 401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"South African Geographical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2022.2148723","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"GEOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study used survey results to describe selected adult South Africans’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Results revealed that more females than males claimed to have been taught about the SDGs and that more young people than the elderly claimed to have adequate knowledge of the SDGs. Results also revealed that those with a high school education claimed not to have been taught about SDGs, whilst those with a Masters education claimed to have been taught about SDGs. Interestingly, half of the PhD graduates indicated that they had not been taught about SDGs, which may indicate that increased levels of education do not translate into a better knowledge of the SDGs. In terms of the perceived impact of COVID-19 on the attainment of SDGs, results indicated that the majority of respondents aged between 31–40, believed that the pandemic has made the SDGs less attainable by 2030, with much fewer younger respondents expressing such a sentiment. Respondents with higher levels of education were of the view that COVID-19 will have a negative effect on the attainment of the SDGs by 2030. These results are important for policy and developmental planning in the face of COVID-19.

查看原文本刊更多论文

南非成年人对可持续发展目标的认识和态度

本研究使用调查结果来描述选定的南非成年人对实现可持续发展目标(SDGs)的知识和态度。结果显示，更多的女性比男性声称接受了可持续发展目标的教育，更多的年轻人比老年人声称对可持续发展目标有足够的了解。结果还显示，受过高中教育的人声称没有接受过可持续发展目标的教育，而受过硕士教育的人则声称接受过可持续发展目标的教育。有趣的是，一半的博士毕业生表示，他们没有接受过有关可持续发展目标的教育，这可能表明，教育水平的提高并不能转化为对可持续发展目标的更好了解。关于COVID-19对实现可持续发展目标的影响，结果表明，年龄在31-40岁之间的大多数受访者认为，大流行使到2030年实现可持续发展目标的难度加大，持这种观点的年轻受访者要少得多。受教育程度较高的受访者认为，2019冠状病毒病将对到2030年实现可持续发展目标产生负面影响。这些结果对于面对COVID-19的政策和发展规划具有重要意义。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

South African Geographical Journal GEOGRAPHY-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： The South African Geographical Journal was founded in 1917 and is the flagship journal of the Society of South African Geographers. The journal aims at using southern Africa as a region from, and through, which to communicate geographic knowledge and to engage with issues and themes relevant to the discipline. The journal is a forum for papers of a high academic quality and welcomes papers dealing with philosophical and methodological issues and topics of an international scope that are significant for the region and the African continent, including: Climate change Environmental studies Development Governance and policy Physical and urban Geography Human Geography Sustainability Tourism GIS and remote sensing