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E-International Scientific Research JournalISSN: 2094-1749 Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 2010Ranks21. Prefers to commute from home to work and vice 1.50 1 1.49 2versa22. Emails to friends and family 2.09 7 2.21 1023. Sends text messages through SMS 1.95 6 2.03 624. Uploads photos and other files on social networks 2.21 9 1.19 125. Engages in bodily and mental exercises such as 1.86 4 2.20 9yoga, painting, cooking, baking, swimming, othersports and martial arts26. Listens to radio and watches TV broadcast and 1.81 3 1.57 3infomercials.27. Leaves the other person enjoy the freedom to 1.90 5 1.92 5decide28. Spends time at the beach breathing fresh air, 2.33 10 2.10 8dipping feet in the water, or bathing at the sea29. Rides on PUVs even to short distance destinations 1.61 2 1.76 430. Prefers calling than texting 2.11 8 2.08 7D. Home and WorkplaceProfessionals Non-Professionals31. Applies facial creams, body moisturizers,sunblock and other extra skin and hair careprotect and energy boosting, skin revitalizingproducts32. Goes vegetarian by eating only fish or no fish atall diet, avoiding junk foods and softdrinks33. Takes dietary food supplements such aswheatgrass, vitaplus, fernslim, vitalC, fernC,bioslim and other weight reducing substances34. Sticks to daily routines from the moment ofwaking up to bedtime such as fixing the bed,taking meals on time, etc. to freshening up atnight35. Maintains regular meeting with family membersand workmates.Ave. RankRank ofRanksAve. RankRank ofRanks1.75 2 2.31 71.84 4 1.89 42.09 6.5 2.11 61.76 3 1.00 12.09 6.5 1.78 236. Leaves the room or hall with its lights on 1.60 1 1.93 537. Charges cellular phones beyond the required charging 1.86 5 1.79 3timeTable 7 presents the average ranks showing the lifestyles of professionals and nonprofessionals.It showed that among professionals, lifestyles such as brushing their teeth withfaucet open; leaving office air-conditioning units on while taking noon breaks; commutingfrom home to work and vice versa; and leaving the room or hall with its lights on, ranked first;while the non-professionals’ lifestyles revealed that they prefer to drink cold water; dine outevery mealtime while at work; upload photos and other files on social networks; and stick todaily routines from the moment they wake up to bedtime such as fixing the bed, taking mealson time, etc. to freshening up at night, topped in their rank of ranks. This implies that thoughboth groups varied their lifestyles, the professionals did less mitigation, while the non-342
E-International Scientific Research JournalISSN: 2094-1749 Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 2010professional group had done more adaptations to climate change. This could be corroboratedclosely to Mendelsohn’s (2000) finding that individuals and firms likely engage in substantialprivate adaptation with respect to climate change. Recreation and energy were among thosesectors which build interest in possible adaptation measures. He suggested sound actions suchas joint adaptation, but on the other hand offered his reservation due to its shared benefitnature. It will cause individuals to underprovide joint adaptation in areas such as water controland ecological management which are largely evident in the present study.Table 8 Test of Significant Difference on the Lifestyles Between Professionals and Non-ProfessionalsLIFESTYLESPROFESSIONALS NON-Computed ValueX r2PROFESSIONALSTabular ValueDf .05(1)Action Takena. Home 0.40 3.84 Accept HOb. Workplace 0.10 3.84 Accept HOc. Social and Economic Interactions 0.0 3.84 Accept HOd. Home and Workplace 0.1428 3.84 Accept HOTable 8 shows test of significant difference on the lifestyles between professionals andnon-professionals. Result revealed that their lifestyles in the four areas do not significantlydiffer having their respective computed values as: 0.40, in the home; 0.10, workplace; 0.0,social and economic interactions; and 0.1428, home and workplace, with tabular value of 3.84at .05(1) degrees of freedom, which lead to accepting the null hypothesis. This implies thatthough the professional and non-professional groups vary in their lifestyles but whencategorized as practices specifically at home, in the workplace and in social and economicinteractions, these practices do not necessarily differ. This means that embedding behaviorssuch as leaving lights on and leaving water freely flowing from faucets have been acclimatizedeven in different environments resulting to having no significant difference at all in thepeople’s lifestyles. But in this present study, respondents showed great efforts to observe someforms of personal alterations to environmental changes showing not only mitigating but alsoadaptation behaviors such as taking the bus or any public utility vehicles instead of drivingtheir own cars for working professionals; while those not engaged in a profession were tryingto maintain daily routines from the struck of dawn to the wee hours of night.Based on the adaptation, mitigation and suffering choices of Holdren (2007), thispresent study uniquely achieved a popular mix; that the more different lifestyles the individualpractice, the more he mitigates, adapts or aggravates the impact of climate change. Alterationsof behavior at some point, only if given importance, will mitigate potential harm brought aboutby climate change.Conclusion and RecommendationThe practices of office workers and homemakers prove to have increased or aggravatedthe effect of climate change yet they have compelling reasons to be value-focused in someways like being organized, health conscious and comfortable, thus lifestyles of residents in343
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