An Assessment of Housing Satisfaction among Pre-Degree Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined housing satisfaction among Pre-degree students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample size in the study area. Therefore, 30% (6) of the male hostels and 33.33% (7) of female hostels in the study area were taken as the sampling frame. Therefore, one hundred and sixty seven (167) students out of eight hundred and thirty seven (837) were randomly selected for questionnaire administration. Information collected from the students included their socio-economic characteristics, housing characteristics and their level of satisfaction with their housing. Secondary information was collected from the Centre for Distance Learning on the number of students and number of hostels registered. Data were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics.

The study showed that there were more female respondents (56.8%) than male (40.1%) and most of them (52.1%) were between the ages of 18 and 20 years. The study showed that bungalow was the most common type of student hostel (34.7%); this was followed by the rooming type (32.9%). Similarly, most of the hostels (77.18%) were painted in the three locations.

The study further established that most of the students in Moro and Asipa were dissatisfied with their hostel in terms of being conducive for reading (2.39 and 2.22 respectively). Moreover, students in the three selected locations were dissatisfied with the residences neighbourhood features such as distance to shopping areas, health centre, and recreational facilities (2.8, 3.0 and 3.13 for Moro, Ashipa and Ipetumodu respectively).

The study concluded that since most of the students were dissatisfied with their hostels, their satisfaction could be enhanced, if the school authority could construct quality hostels very close to the school premises.

Keywords: housing, housing satisfaction, pre-degree students