Religious Practices and Its Impacts on a Sustainable Urban Environment in Nigeria: The Way Forward

Table 2

Extracted variables and their respective details.

Rank	Variable extracted	Eigenvalue	% explanation	% cumulative explanation
1	Religious contribution to climate change	2.630	8.768	8.768
2	Religious night worship	2.534	8.447	17.215
3	Noise pollution caused by these religious groups	2.395	7.840	25.199
4	Environmental effect of loudspeakers or public address system (PAS)	2.311	7.704	32.903
5	Quest for and the pattern of expansion of different religious groups	1.923	6.410	39.313
6	Religious use/s of water	1.780	5.935	45.248
7	Religious views about environmental preservation	1.767	5.890	51.138
8	Length of stay of a particular religious group	1.749	5.828	56.967
9	Current challenges caused by climate change scenario	1.577	5.255	62.222
10	Respondents’ view on the threatening status of religious activities	1.527	5.091	67.313
11	Religious impacts on the natural resources	1.422	4.740	72.052

Source: SPSS factor analysis total explained table.