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Full Length Research Paper
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The correlates of public
housing satisfaction in Lagos, Nigeria
Adesoji David Jiboye
Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
E-mail:
adconsul@yahoo.com.
Tel: 2348032323637.
Accepted February 2, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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This study examined the correlates of public housing
satisfaction in Lagos, Nigeria, specifically to identify
relevant factors which are external to the dwelling but combine
with those of the dwelling to provide satisfactory housing in
Nigeria. For this purpose, the study employed a conceptual model
which identified three housing components consisting of the
environment, dwelling and management subsystems. For the survey,
1,232 (10%) households out of a total of 12,323 households in
six randomly selected public housing estates in Lagos were
systematically sampled. The information obtained from 1,022
questionnaires retrieved from the respondents - indicating their
levels of satisfaction with their housing were analyzed using
correlation, multiple regression and analysis of variance
(ANOVA). The significant levels of association were determined
at either 0.01 or 0.05 probability level. The results indicated
that tenants’ satisfaction level with both the environment and
dwelling components of housing was above average, while the
satisfaction level with the management component was below
average. The results showed significant correlations between
tenants’ satisfaction levels and the environmental, dwelling and
management components of housing (p < 0.01). The need to
consider relevant factors of the environment, dwelling and
management in housing design and development is highlighted.
Key words:
Evaluation, correlates, public housing, satisfaction, Nigeria. |
