Assessment of How House Ownership Shapes Health Outcomes in Urban Ghana

Abstract

Background: This study investigates home ownership and its apparent health outcomes in Urban Ghana, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative datasets. Methods: The sample for the study consisted of 442 respondents using a multi-stage sampling technique. Results: The context in which houses are situated affects social support networks, physical and mental health outcomes. House ownership is then a precondition that enables social contact within neighborhoods. A Cramer’s V test value of 0.750 suggests a strong association between house ownership and health outcomes. Conclusion: House acquisition and ownership can potentially improve overall physical, and mental health and wellbeing.

Leveraging social media induced visual culture for body image enhancement: The case of socialization in a contemporary society

“…The activities that engender knowledge creation necessitates social interaction. Social interaction occurs in different settings such as informal networks formed in organizations, within community practice, informal chats during social events, interpersonal relationships and everyday sense making activities among individuals, even in group settings (Chua, 2002;Dovie, 2019aDovie, , 2019b.…”

Between Successful and Unsuccessful Ageing: Selected Aspects and Contexts

“…Significantly, the act of retirement planning is a comprehensive process that is constituted by the articulation of retirement aspirations, financial literacy, the institution of retirement plans, diversification, and monitoring of the same. First, the retirement aspirations may entail living arrangements (housing) (Dovie, 2017(Dovie, 2019c; financial security (Dovie, 2017(Dovie, , 2019cSynman et al, 2017); leisure/employment, social networks, health dimensions (Dovie, 2017(Dovie, , 2019c and therefore the goals of the retirement planning process. Second, with the articulation of these aspirations, the individual then needs to acquire some level of financial knowledge and/or literacy before, simultaneously or afterward in relation to how and where to undertake retirement-oriented investments, what to invest in including resource management.…”

Exploring The Nexus Between Family Size Planning and Retirement Planning in Ghana

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“…It may occur at both the organizational and individual levels comprising savings and the accumulation of assets among others (Dovie, 2017). Retirement planning consist of family planning and the allocation of resources for designated purposes namely purchase of houses (Dovie et al, 2018;Dovie, 2019aDovie, , 2019bDovie, , 2019c or paying for the education of children while simultaneously instituting retirement plans and portfolios (Dovie, 2018a). Preparation towards retirement also entails family planning and social relationship building which takes three distinct forms namely having a manageable family size, care for own children, care for siblings and/or cousins as well as joining association(s).…”