Subjective Life Satisfaction in Public Housing in Urban Areas of Ogun State, Nigeria
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This study investigated subjective life satisfaction of 452 residents in 10 newly constructed public housing
estates in urban areas of Ogun State Southwest Nigeria. Data were collected using structured questionnaire
and subjected to descriptive statistics, factor and multivariate regression analyses. The result
shows that 61% of the respondents were generally satisfied with life in their current residences. A larger
proportion of them were also found to be satisfied with the physical and spatial characteristics of the
dwelling unit components of their housing environment but were dissatisfied with access to housing services
and infrastructural facilities. Tenure, income and marital status as well as satisfaction with the size
of residence, housing services and management of the housing estates and housing delivery strategy
were among the strongest predictors of subjective life satisfaction among the respondents. This implies
that among other factors, satisfaction with housing environment as well as housing delivery strategy
have a significant influence on residents’ satisfaction with life in public housing. Therefore, public housing
developers need to take adequate steps to improve residents’ satisfaction with the size of main activity
areas in dwelling units, housing services and management of housing estates and encourage the
participation of users in housing delivery process in order to enhance the subjective life satisfaction of
residents of public housing in urban areas in Nigeria
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