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2016 | 16 | 3(39) | 435-452

Article title

Housing Preference of Residents in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Content

Title variants

PL
Preferencje mieszkaniowe rezydentów Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Languages of publication

EN

Abstracts

EN
Choosing where to live is a profound decision that affects residents’ income, social interactions, health and safety, as well as daily activities. The study investigates housing preference of residents within the city of Ile- Ife, Nigeria. Data for the study were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Data obtained include quality of the environment in terms of good layout, availability of infrastructural facilities like good roads, water supply, quietness, peace and adequate security etc.; socio-cultural activities; accessibility to place of work; vacant plot; security of land ownership; and closeness to the place of birth. 309 households were surveyed using multistage sampling. The finding reveals that majority (84.4%) of respondents’ in Iremo have no education at all while most (88.5%) of the respondents’ in Parakin have tertiary education. In Igboya, 54.5% of the respondents has tertiary education. Also, among the most important determinants of residential district preferences within the study area are factors that deal with the quality of the environment (31.0%) and those that are socio-cultural in nature (42.0%). The study established that great differences appear in the determinants of households’ preferences for different residential density districts. The study concluded that each category of residential density district of a city has distinct set of determinants of households’ residential district preferences peculiar to it.
PL
Wybór dotyczący miejsca zamieszkania to podstawowa decyzja, warunkująca dochody mieszkańców, interakcje społeczne, zdrowie i bezpieczeństwo, a także codzienne aktywności. Niniejsze badania obejmują preferencje mieszkaniowe wśród ludności Ile-Ife w Nigerii. Dane uzyskano zarówno ze źródeł pierwotnych, jak i wtórnych. Dotyczą one jakości środowiska w kontekście wizualnym; dostępności infrastruktury, jak dobre drogi, zaopatrzenie w wodę; ciszy, spokoju i odpowiedniego bezpieczeństwa; aktywności społeczno-kulturowych; dostępności miejsc pracy; wolnych działek; pewności własności gruntu; bliskości miejsca narodzin. W badaniach ankietowych wzięło udział 309 respondentów, wybranych wieloetapowo. We wnioskach stwierdzono, że większość ankietowanych (84,4%) w Iremo w ogóle nie ma dostępu do edukacji, natomiast większość mieszkańców (88.5%) w Parakin oraz ponad połowa (54,5%) w Igboya ma dostęp do instytucje edukacji wyższej. Pośród najważniejszych determinant wpływających na preferencje co do dzielnicy mieszkaniowej na badanym obszarze zaliczyć trzeba też czynniki związane z jakością środowiska (31%) oraz z aspektami społeczno-kulturowymi (42%). Badania wykazały, że istnieją znaczące różnice pomiędzy determinantami oddziałującymi na preferencje gospodarstw domowych w dzielnicach o różnej gęstości zaludnienia. W zakończeniu skonkludowano, iż każda kategoria dzielnic o danej gęstości zaludnienia charakteryzuje się odmiennym zestawem czynników warunkujących wybory mieszkaniowe.

Year

Volume

16

Issue

Pages

435-452

Physical description

Dates

online
2016-09-30

Contributors

  • Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2081-8319

YADDA identifier

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