Carlos GALLEGUILLOS, Rubén HURTADO, José SILVA and Lesly CORTES
Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile, Correo
Volume 2022 (5),
Article ID 4023722,
Research in Sustainability and World Economies: 40ECO 2022
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to determine the sustainable behavior of higher education students, from a gender perspective based on electricity consumption in homes. An online survey was conducted with 309 university students. The results indicated that the students show favorability towards saving electricity. Regarding gender, there are significant differences between women and men in half of the questions. Finally, the discussion of the results, limitations and future lines of research are presented.
Keywords: sustainable behavior, energy use, climate change.