Abstract
Housing across the world has remained an indispensable phenomenon that affects every facet of humans. Its relevance is so evident that it imparts on man’s socio-physical and mental welfare irrespective of his socio-economic status, colour or creed. The correct socio-economic position is linked to people seeking inexpensive and decent housing. This study assessed the socio-economic characteristics of households and their housing condition in the Bauchi metropolis. The study adopted a quantitative approach where 380 questionnaires were administered to house hold-heads in this study. The households were sampled through stratified random sampling to generate data on their socio-economic characteristics, housing conditions, existing facilities and amenities, physical and environmental characteristics. The data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics with mean ranking and ordinal regression to examine the significance of the various variables. The findings of the study revealed that socio-economic characteristics affect housing conditions in the study area. The study also revealed that compared with the medium and high-density areas where the housing situation and all basic infrastructures are fair and foul, the low-density area had its housing condition with all basic infrastructures in good condition. It was recommended that the government provide adequate social facilities as a matter of urgency, renovate the declining ones, and implement development control standards in the medium and high-density areas. Furthermore, individuals should incorporate a good maintenance culture for their property to improve housing and environmental characteristics.
Highlights
A person’s socio-economic features can be used to describe household economic inequality that represents his or her social class, status and economic place in society and plays a vital role in improving the well-being of the individual household and the entire society [24, 53]
The results showed that certain factors such as age, gender, and several children affect the probability of maintaining good housing conditions than for married compared to singles
The study results showed that most households are engaged and have a means of earning money, the income level is low for all the three densities are generally low, and their household size is large
Summary
A person’s socio-economic features can be used to describe household economic inequality that represents his or her social class, status and economic place in society and plays a vital role in improving the well-being of the individual household and the entire society [24, 53]. Socioeconomic characteristics vary from one family to another, which provides a social picture at a glance, such as occupation, income, and education [2]. Religion, gender, marital status, ethnicity, education, occupation status, income, respondent age, family patterns, and resident tenure type (or system) are essential socioeconomic characteristics that affect the housing condition, the positions of people in society, occupational status and other resources [31, 33]. The individual socio-economic characteristic has a strong influence on their housing [28]. Suppose it is to fully appreciate the essence of a house in the context of human habitation. The relationship between socio-economic characteristics and housing must be considered [49]
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