The Mexican Ecological Conscience: A Predictive Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Mexican Consumers and Their Purchase Intention
2.2. Moral Obligation
2.3. Environmental Awareness
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Analysis of Results, Validation of Constructs
4.2. Validity of the Structural Model
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Limitations and Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
18 to21 | 206 | 65.4 |
22 to 25 | 49 | 15.6 |
26 to 29 | 14 | 4.4 |
30 to 33 | 7 | 2.2 |
34 to 37 | 6 | 1.9 |
38 to 41 | 5 | 1.6 |
42 to 45 | 9 | 2.9 |
46 to 49 | 13 | 4.1 |
Over the 50 s | 6 | 1.9 |
Sex | ||
Female | 411 | 58.1 |
Male | 277 | 41.9 |
Educational level | ||
Secondary | 2 | 0.6 |
High school | 1 | 0.3 |
Bachelor’s degree/ Engineering | 285 | 90.5 |
Postgraduate | 27 | 8.6 |
Occupation | 267 | 84.8 |
Student | 22 | 7.0 |
Employee of a public/private company | ||
Self-employed | 19 | 6.0 |
Homemaker | 5 | 1.6 |
Unemployed | 2 | 0.6 |
State of residence | ||
Tamaulipas | 586 | 84.9% |
Coahuila | 25 | 3.52% |
Nuevo Leon | 79 | 11.45% |
Variable | Convergent Validity | Discriminant Validity (HTMT Criterion) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loads | AVE | FC | Alpha | CE | INTEN | OBM | ||
CE1 CE2 CE3 CE4 CE5 CE6 | 0.759 0.808 0.818 0.804 0.842 0.753 | 0.637 | 0.913 | 0.886 | CE | - | ||
INTEN1 INTEN2 INTEN3 INTEN4 INTEN5 | 0.895 0.899 0.913 0.909 0.860 | 0.953 | 0.938 | INTEN | 0.694 | - | ||
OBM1 OBM2 OBM3 OBM4 OBM5 OBM6 | 0.806 0.850 0.816 0.774 0.779 0.746 | 0.633 | 0.912 | 0.885 | OBM | 0.640 | 0.651 | - |
Hypothesis | Coefficient Path | p-Value | f2 | Accepted/Not Accepted |
---|---|---|---|---|
H1 CE → ICPV | 0.426 | 0.000 | 0.270 | Accepted |
H2 CE → OBM | 0.578 | 0.000 | 0.334 | Accepted |
H3 OBM → ICPV | 0.360 | 0.000 | 0.218 | Accepted |
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Müller-Pérez, J.; Acevedo-Duque, Á.; Llanos-Herrera, G.R.; García-Salirrosas, E.E.; Ovalles-Toledo, L.V.; Sandoval Barraza, L.A.; Álvarez-Becerra, R. The Mexican Ecological Conscience: A Predictive Model. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7050. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127050
Müller-Pérez J, Acevedo-Duque Á, Llanos-Herrera GR, García-Salirrosas EE, Ovalles-Toledo LV, Sandoval Barraza LA, Álvarez-Becerra R. The Mexican Ecological Conscience: A Predictive Model. Sustainability. 2022; 14(12):7050. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127050
Chicago/Turabian StyleMüller-Pérez, Jessica, Ángel Acevedo-Duque, Gonzalo R. Llanos-Herrera, Elizabeth Emperatriz García-Salirrosas, Luiz Vicente Ovalles-Toledo, Lidyeth Azucena Sandoval Barraza, and Rina Álvarez-Becerra. 2022. "The Mexican Ecological Conscience: A Predictive Model" Sustainability 14, no. 12: 7050. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127050