Preocupación y deterioro de la calidad ambiental. Apreciación de los estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

is work addresses how college students think and internalize the link between the individual and the environment he/she lives in. is study was conducted at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Mexico) and 65 college students took part in it. e methodology consisted in an international survey about European Student’s Attitudes and Actions regarding Environmental Topics, in the Section of Environmental Problems. e survey was answered using a Likert scale. e population age average was 19.3 years, 41.5% were women and 58.4% men. Out of them, 57% are worried and 43% are a little worried. e three main problems identied were the industries and stone quarries, the traffic, and the noise. It is also concluded that 39.1% of female and male students had similar opinions and it is conrmed that women are more worried than men.