Determinants Of Housing Satisfaction In Residential Localities Within Uyo, Nigeria

Abstract

In urban centers of most developing countries, one of the major problems is the assessment of the quality of residential neighborhoods. This has further compounded the problem of residential choice among urban dwellers. In Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, the problem is magnified by the spatio-cultural patterns within the residential localities. By means of a survey of 20 of such localities using questionnaire, 1200 households were interviewed on housing and environment conditions expressed in 23 variables. The percentage levels of satisfaction with the conditions by the households were evaluated using factor analysis technique. Six major dimensions or factors were produced as determinants of housing satisfaction in Uyo. These factors are social infrastructure, housing facilities, consumers goods availability, health and leisure water supply and security service factors. These six factors accounted for 80% of the variation within the data set. These six factors or determinants could be used to assess the quality residential localities in Uyo and other similar urban centers in Nigeria and other less developed countries.

Assessment of the qualitative adequacy of newly constructed public housing in Ogun State, Nigeria

“…Although several research studies (Ukoha and Beamish, 1997;Ilesanmi, 2005;Olatubara and Fatoye, 2007;Fatoye and Odusami, 2009;Jiboye, 2009Jiboye, , 2010 have evaluated public housing schemes in Nigeria with emphasis on residents' satisfaction and factors influencing it, no study has been done to assess the qualitative adequacy of housing provided in this programme, however, since the inception of the public housing programme in Ogun State. This is probably because the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1991) and Ikurekong (2009) indicated that the evaluation of housing programmes and assessment of the quality of residential neighbourhoods are key challenges in Nigeria. Hence, there is gap in literature on the qualitative adequacy of recently constructed public housing in this part of Nigeria, which the current study will attempt to fill.…”

Impacts of Households’ Prior Experience on Current Housing Satisfaction: A Study of Selected Estates in Lagos, Nigeria

“…Some papers had been written though, relating to various individual indicators, consequences of housing satisfaction issues or at least with the user as focus. This category included the works of Ogu (2002), Oladapo (2006), andIkurekong (2009). While Ogu (2002) isolated the infrastructure component of the housing environment, Oladapo (2006) centred on maintenance awareness in the determination of user satisfaction.…”

“…While Ogu (2002) isolated the infrastructure component of the housing environment, Oladapo (2006) centred on maintenance awareness in the determination of user satisfaction. On his own, Ikurekong (2009) focused generally on determinants but ended shoring up infrastructure as the outcome. Others included the works of Jiboye (2009) and Jiboye (2010), both of which dwelt much on the systems approach of Onibokun (1974) but centred only on public housing.…”

“…However, a major root of housing satisfaction often left unconsidered is the background from which a current user in a housing estate is coming. Most satisfaction studies in Nigeria (including Ibem & Amole, 2013;Ikurekong, 2009;Ogu, 2002;Oladapo, 2006) did not indicate the inclusion of housing background or experience and its derivatives in their research. It is the object of this paper to explore the relevance of users' background experience in the build-up to influencing their cognitive base in the determination of what is currently seen as their levels of housing satisfaction.…”