Are men more aware of the use of photovoltaic solar energy in Algeria than women? Gender based inquiry to fight climate change

Abstract

This study aims to assess the impact of the men on the awareness toward the use of PV solar energy in Algeria. This type of research examines the awareness and knowledge of consumers with the ecological concerns and fighting climate change by reducing CO2 generated by the use of conventional energy. The method explored in this paper is quantitative through an online and face-to-face survey conducted between March, 2022 and May 2023. It should be outlined that respondents should live in land houses which are more accurate for installing photovoltaic solar energy. In addition to that, the respondents should have an income in order to cover the cost of photovoltaic solar kit. Then, the results were analyzed through SPSS software V26 by exploring the two sample t-test.

It has been demonstrated that the LEVENE test is superior to the significant level (p value: 0.855 > 0.05), which means that the variances are homogeneous. The results indicate that the independence between the awareness toward the use of PV solar energy and the gender of respondents is ensured (sig t-test: 0.781), it assumes that both men, and women from the participants are aware to use the photovoltaic solar energy.

Keywords: Consumer behavior- Green marketing- Photovoltaic solar energy- two sample t-test-Algeria - SPSS.