Abstract

The tittle of this essay is: "The relation of traders perception about environtment hygiene with Its
Participation on Maintaining Environmental hygiene in Bandung Gedebage Market".
Environmental hygiene is a state free of dust, stink, and rubbish. The problem of environmental
hygiene is caused by lack of knowledge and experience about the importance of maintaining the
cleanliness of environment. To actualize the cleanliness condition of environment from rubish
needs the participation of the trader itself. The purpose of this research is to describe and
analyze: 1) traders perception about environmental hygiene, 2) traders participation in
maintaining cleanliness of the environment, 3) traders perception relation about environmental
hygiene with participation in maintaining cleanliness in Bandung Gedebage Market. The work
hypothesis states that there is a relationship of traders perception about environmental hygiene
with its participation in maintaining the cleanliness in Bandung Gedebage Market. The research
method used is Descriptive Analysis and data collection techniques are: 1) Documentation, 2)
Non participant, 3) Questionnaire. The traders population in the market Gedebage Bandung is
628 stall. From the population of traders in the Gedebage market, it is 10% of the total
population so that 63 respondents are selected. Sampling technique using Random Sampling. To
measure variables using ordinal scale. Hypotheses were be examined with Non-Parametic
Statistics (Rank Spearman). Research findings show that the zero hypothesis is rejected means
there is a relationship between traders perceptions of environmental hygiene with its
participation in maintaining the environment in Pasar Gede Bage in Bandung city.
Keywords: Environmental hygiene, perception, participation, and traders.