Socio-economic Assessment of Inhabitants of Residential Densities in Akure, Nigeria

Autor:	Gabriel Emmanuel, J. O. Fasakin
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Geography Poverty Sample size determination Monthly income Loan Formal education Architecture Marital status Subsidy Socioeconomics Civil and Structural Engineering
Zdroj:	Civil Engineering and Architecture. 5:222-229
ISSN:	2332-1121 2332-1091
DOI:	10.13189/cea.2017.050604
Popis:	This paper examines socio-economic attributes of inhabitants in residential densities in Akure, Nigeria. The research investigated the sex, age, education, marital status, household size, occupation and level of income of the respondents. The sample size of 1,134 respondents was distributed in the proportion of 567; 425 and 142, for the core, transition and peripheral zones respectively. Sex of respondents varies from one zone to the other. Age shows that there is more of productive age than the dependent citizens while without formal education accounted for 12.8% within the study area. Seventy-nine percent were married inhabitants and 12.1% single, while 4 to 6 number of members of families had the highest percentage. Most people residing at the heart of the city of Akure were business men/women (49.3%) and craftsmen/others (34.4%) and general monthly income is low with 37.8% of respondents earning less than ₦20,000 per month. Consequently, the research work recommends poverty alleviation schemes, establishment of skill acquisition centres and housing loan/subsidies among others.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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