Causes and indicators of housing quality

Goodman, John L.

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“…Each of these factors is influenced by elements such as, for example, income, family size, education and race of residents in settlements that control them (Goodman, 1978).…”

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Assessment of housing quality in Ibeju-Lekki periurban settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria

Adedire

Adegbile

2018

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This article assesses housing quality in IbejuLekki, a peripheral settlement outside Lagos metropolitan region. Using purposive sampling, 370 housing units from clusters of 16 periurban settlements constituted the sample size. Primary data was sourced through structured questionnaires, interview (with local planning personnel) and observation schedules administered through a field survey. Using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, data analysis was done using descriptive analysis to generate frequen cies and percentages on socio-economic profile, neighbourhood quality, locational quality, dwelling quality, and building materials used. Tests of correlation were conducted on the mean of variables of neighbourhood quality, locational quality and building materials, derived through recoding of variables by means of Transform statistical tool, to establish the factors influencing housing quality in the study area. The findings show a significant positive correlation between household income and housing quality. The latter is found to be influenced by respondents' socio-economic attributes, building materials, neighbourhood quality, and locational quality in the study area. It can be concluded that socio-economic characteristics, predominantly income of households, play a major role in the level of housing quality that can be accessed in the study area. It is, therefore, recommended that the state government and private developers should promote alternative building materials, in order to enhance housing affordability by the low-income group. This will reduce the spread of informal housing development. In addition, the state govern ment should align urban policy to eliminate disparity in

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“…Each of these factors is influenced by elements such as, for example, income, family size, education and race of residents in settlements that control them (Goodman, 1978).…”

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Assessment of housing quality in Ibeju-Lekki periurban settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria

Adedire

Adegbile

2018

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“…Neighbourhood income was used as a proxy for housing quality, which is exceptionally difficult to measure directly. [10][11][12] Rental supplements were those offered by the provincial government for apartments in the private market (as distinct from subsidized public housing); the supplement was tied to the apartment, not the recipient.…”

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Housing Histories of Assertive Community Treatment Clients: Program Impacts and Factors Associated with Residential Stability

Kreindler

Coodin

2010

Can J Psychiatry

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W La Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, vol 55, no 3, mars 2010 150Objective: Although housing is widely recognized as a crucial issue for people with severe and persistent mental illness, there is much to learn about the ongoing housing experiences of this group of people. Using secondary data, this study examined the housing histories of 65 assertive community treatment (ACT) clients from 2 years prior until up to 7 years after intake, totalling 407 addresses. Method:We used statistical process control to assess the significance and longevity of preand post-ACT changes in residential tenure and independent living. We used multivariate survival analysis to explore participant and residence characteristics associated with residential stability.Results: After 6 months in ACT, the client population showed a significant, sustained improvement in housing stability. Similarly, shortly after ACT entry, there was a marked increase in the proportion of participants living independently. At the participant level, substance abuse was the strongest predictor of residential instability; other predictors included age (30 years or younger) and sex (female). Residence characteristics also proved important; independent housing, neighbourhood income (a proxy for housing quality), and receipt of a rental subsidy were associated with significantly longer tenure, controlling for client characteristics. Conclusions:The timing and magnitude of the observed changes imply that ACT was effective in helping clients to achieve stable housing and to live independently. The results also underscore the importance of high-quality housing in promoting residential stability.Can J Psychiatry. 2010;55(3):150-156. Clinical Implications· ACT increases housing stability over the long term. · People with cooccurring problems (severe and persistent mental illness combined with substance abuse) have ongoing difficulty attaining stable housing. · In conjunction with ACT involvement, greater access to independent, high-quality housing (for example, through subsidies) can significantly increase residential stability. Limitations· Our study was observational rather than experimental. · Our study followed the client population of only one ACT team. · There were a small number of gaps in the available data on client housing experiences.

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“…Baer, 1976). Finally, it was determined that that there were too many different dimensions to the concept of ''housing quality'' for it to be reducible to one variable (Goedart and Goodman, 1977;Goodman, 1978). The various factors that in combination could be assessed by rent could reflect a neighborhood's reputation, safety or proximity to other amenities, and demand and supply, more than it might reflect a unit's material qualities (e.g.…”

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Indicating Socioeconomic Status among Elderly People in Developing Societies: An Example from Brazil

Vos

2005

Soc Indic Res

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This paper is concerned with how to indicate Socioeconomic status (SES) among elderly people with census or survey data from less developed societies. It reports findings from a study of independent living among elderly people 65 years and over in Brazil in 1980 and 1995 that uncommonly had comparable data on education, income and housing attributes. It found that the potential indicators of SES are not substitutable. Rather, although they tend to be positively related to each other, each can have a different relationship with independent living, one being positively related even as another has no relation and a third has a negative relation. I recommend that the indicators not be combined into one measure, and that if only one is used, that choice not be called 'Socioeconomic status' but rather precisely what it is (e.g. education). [One}… stance involves a measurement-by-fiat approach through which the investigator selects whatever remotely connected indicators he or she can locate and then merely announces that these will serve as measures [or proxies] of some highly abstract theoretical construct. The presumed rationale is that since the concept is difficult to measure, almost any indicators will do. (Blalock, 1982, p. 19). However, insofar as different perspectives lead to conflicting conclusions concerning the 'same' issue, the sensitivity of findings to (…) measurement (…) is clearly a matter of concern. (World Bank, n.fd.)

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Causes and indicators of housing quality

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Assessment of housing quality in Ibeju-Lekki periurban settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria

Assessment of housing quality in Ibeju-Lekki periurban settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria

Housing Histories of Assertive Community Treatment Clients: Program Impacts and Factors Associated with Residential Stability

Indicating Socioeconomic Status among Elderly People in Developing Societies: An Example from Brazil

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