Influences of socio-cultural experiences on residents’ satisfaction in Ikorodu low-cost housing estate, Lagos state

Abstract

This study examined the influences of socio-cultural experiences on residents' housing satisfaction in Ikorodu low-cost housing estate in Lagos State. This study was carried out with the aid of questionnaire administration and reconnaissance survey. The result of the survey shows that the total numbers of the housing units in the area were 119 buildings which comprised 106 bungalows and 13 story buildings. The estate was stratified into two (2) zones which were story buildings and bungalow buildings. Using a systematic sampling technique, one of every two (2) houses was selected for interview in both zones. A total of 106 residents were selected from the bungalow units and 20 residents from the story buildings making a sum of 126 residents that were selected for the interview, but a total of 122 questionnaires were recovered. Findings from the study reveals that the residents' were fairly satisfied with the environmental elements of their dwellings, the physical elements, the behavioural elements and the economic elements and were dissatisfied with the functional elements and timing element which constitute the quality performance and maintenance criteria of their buildings. More so, findings from the study reveal that there is significant difference in residents' level of satisfaction in the housing elements among several socio-cultural characteristics of residents, such as gender, ethnicity of end users, family size, family structure, religious beliefs, ethnic group of residents, social relation, years of living in area and age of residents among others. The study further revealed that there is no significant difference in residents' level of satisfaction in the housing elements among residents' household position and marital status. Recommendations were proffered to guide policy-makers, some of which includes local participation approach in housing delivery, the use of local building materials, intensive site and service scheme among others.

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“…Culture is an all-inclusive notion, and its meaning could be derived from the collected studies which cover three major areas that influence residents' satisfaction and socio-cultural experiences of people in housing [67]. Culture in the housing development perspective simply means the process by which individuals adapt to their environment [68].…”

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“…The concept has been studied in several fields related to housing studies and it studies date back to the 1940 [8]. Household"s satisfaction with residential environment determines their quality of life and an achievement of their needs and aspirations [9].…”

“…The households can adjust housing by reviewing their housing aspirations, by making in-situ adjustment through housing modifications and finally adjust by residential mobility [22]. Studies have shown that there is link between residential satisfaction and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the households [13], [23], [24], [25], [14] & [8].…”

“…In contrast, [25] studied residential satisfaction of residents of three cities in China and their findings showed that some socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the respondents were not related to residential satisfaction except income because majority of them engaged on economic activities. In Nigeria, [8] studies on the influences of socio-cultural experiences on residents" satisfaction in Ikorodu low-cost housing estate, Lagos and the findings show that there is significant difference in level of satisfaction of the residents in the housing elements such as gender, ethnicity, family size, family structure, religious beliefs, ethnic group of residents, social relation, years of living in area and age of residents, while no significant difference was found between residents" level of satisfaction and household position and marital status. Therefore, these studies revealed complex relationship between residential satisfaction and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the residents.…”