Residential Satisfaction in Public Core Housing in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Abstract This study investigated residential satisfaction of randomly selected 156
household heads in the OGD Workers’ housing estate in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Data were collected through questionnaire survey and analysed using descriptive statistics,
factor and categorical regression analyses. Respondents were generally satisfied with their
housing conditions with 59 % of them expressing satisfaction, while 41 % were neither
satisfied nor dissatisfied with their housing environment. They evaluated satisfaction based
on four key dimensions of housing unit characteristics, neighbourhood facilities and
environment, management and services; and these residential components contributed the
most to predicting residential satisfaction. Respondents’ educational background,
employment sector, sex and age were also found to be predictors of satisfaction. A key
implication of the findings is that Core housing can provide satisfactory living environment,
and this can be enhanced through the adoption of good housing design and management
practices, improved access to basic services and social infrastructure and rapid
upgrading of the number of bedrooms in the housing units
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H Social Sciences (General)