Relationship of Community Behavior Factors in Waste Management to the Quality of Residential Environment in Medan Belawan District

Abstract

An individual's health condition can be affected by their residential environment. Poor environmental quality is the cause of various health problems. According to the garbage community is something that is not used or that is not important. Efforts to supervise various environmental factors need to be applied in accordance with the principles of sanitation that focus on environmental hygiene. This research method is descriptive analytics with Crosss Sectional design with a research sample of 112 people. Data analysis using univariate analysis and bivariate analysis with Chi square statistic test. The results showed a relationship between predisposing factors such as education with a value of p = 0.000 (p<0.05), work with a value of p = 0.013 (p<0.0 05), income with a value of p = 0.024 (p<0.05) and supporting factors with waste management behavior with a value of p = 0.020 (p<0.05). In conclusion there is a relationship such as education, employment and income, there is a relationship between the supporting factors of inadequate facilities and infrastructure 89 (79%) with waste management behavior. It is recommended to the community to be able to manage waste so as not to pollute the environment that has an impact on health.