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Residential satisfaction, the perception of an individual regarding his residential provisions and an examination construct of the aid gotten for life fulfilment through the living dwelling and its socio-physical environment, has received a multidisciplinary investigation both in width and depth for over a long period even though not many were conducted in the developing nations until recent times. We have in this paper, briefly overviewed studies on residential satisfaction with emphasis on its determinants/predictors as reported in researches carried out in different parts of the globe. Residential satisfaction encompasses the gratification from dwelling as a unit of its features, qualities and functions as well as the attributes of the environment where the dwelling is situated; thereby comprising cognitive, affective and behavioural aspects of life. Researches, though with little exemptions, have generally reported correlations between satisfaction and socio-demographic attributes of the residents. Research outcomes have equally shown that satisfaction studies are used for predicting life satisfaction, measuring quality of life and estimating performance of housing projects. Its measurement has transcended the application of bivariate to multivariate and structural equation modelling in contemporary studies. It is however observed that the various studies on the topic have not sufficiently addressed the vacuum of establishing the predictors of this phenomenon in residential segregated urban environment rooted in violent conflicts.

Jos is a renowned cosmopolitan city owning to its origin as a Tin mining settlement that magnetized people from diverse background across Nigeria, other African countries, and beyond. The precise origin, original founder and ownership of the city has unresolvedly involved a lot of intricacies and remains a subject of controversies as it is exclusively claimed by the Afizere, Hausa, Anaguta and Berom ethnic progenies. It is however a near consensus that Naraguta and Gwash villages initially existed at the current site of the city and its foundation as a modern town in 1915 was at the instance of the colonial officials who came to the area on a mission of tin mining exploration. The combination of its locational centrality within the northern states, unique climatic characteristics, rich history of tin deposit, diverse sources of tourist attractions, wide area of influence of its international ultra-modern market and outstanding fame as a consistent administrative centre, were highly instrumental to its rapid population growth, area expansion, urbanization and infrastructural development. The city was however plagued into series of massive urban violence in the first decade of the 21st century leading to its polarization along ethno-religious divides that currently influences its urban structural arrangement and residential configurations.