Residential Satisfaction of Elderly Tenants in Apartment Housing

James, Russell N.

doi:10.1007/s11205-008-9241-8

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“…This study furthers our understanding on the relationship between household age group and overall housing satisfaction, and thus extends what Lu (1999), James (2008), Amole (2009) and Mohit et al (2010) have discovered on the influence of age on housing satisfaction. The result will also serve as a guide to enhance residential development and policy planning not only in Nigeria, but other developing countries with similar housing situations.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 81%

“…These studies include (Amole, 2009;James, 2008). Moreover, contends that household requirements are dependent upon their personal characteristics which include demographic, social and economic factors.…”

Section: Age As Demographic Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the fact that age plays a significant role in shaping individual's housing satisfaction, there is little literature establishing the effect of age on housing satisfaction. James (2008) investigates how the levels and determinants of housing satisfaction among elderly tenants in apartment housing differ from other age groups, adopting "locus of control" approach. He further opined that the impact of different housing on one's locus of control is age dependent.…”

Section: Age As Demographic Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study was conducted in the western contexts and cannot be generalized to the context of developing country like Nigeria with diverse culture, norms and tradition. Following James (2008), this research measures overall housing satisfaction based on the interaction of age groupings with objective housing satisfaction attributes as identified above. Figure 1 below depicts a direct relationship between age and overall housing satisfaction on an independent-dependent relationship.…”

Section: Age As Demographic Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies on housing satisfaction of various age groups can serve as means for providing basis of successful ageing society or specific needs of various age groups in a given society. Moreover, understanding housing satisfaction requires examination of people and their environment (James, 2008), which may be better established through peer group housing aspirations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Occupants housing satisfaction: does age really matter?

Waziri

Yusof

Rahim

2014

Urban, Planning and Transport Research

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Scholars from diverse disciplines have established how objective and subjective housing attributes influence occupants' housing satisfaction. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of age grouping on overall housing satisfaction with respect to private housing development in Abuja, Nigeria. Samples of 112 structured questionnaires were systematically administered to the occupants of Prince and Princes Housing Estate. Sixty-six were subsequently retrieved for analysis representing 74% response rate. Descriptive statistics and one-way analysis of variance was conducted, and the result indicates that there was a statistically significant difference for total housing satisfaction between age groups. A Tukey's post hoc test revealed that housing satisfaction was statistically significantly higher in the 61 and above age group in the sample. The result implies that there is a need to incorporate specific demographic changes such as in age groups in residential housing development and policy plan especially in developing countries. The study also contributes to further our understanding on the relationship between resident's socio-demographic characteristics and housing satisfaction. This paper represents first housing satisfaction studies that examines age factor to determine level of variation in housing satisfaction between various age groups in private housing development in the Nigerian context.

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