Residential Satisfaction of Public Housing Dwellers in Alkish and Alzaiton, Benghazi City, Libya
One of the major concerns of the Libyan Government is to provide adequate housing for its citizens. The state holds an important social responsibility of fulfilling the needs for housing especially for the lower income group. Previous studies have shown that inadequate space is one of the problem...
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2000
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| Summary: | One of the major concerns of the Libyan Government is to provide adequate housing
for its citizens. The state holds an important social responsibility of fulfilling the
needs for housing especially for the lower income group. Previous studies have
shown that inadequate space is one of the problems faced by low income dwellers.
The shortage of space has affected their daily activities and reduced their housing
satisfaction. The main objective of this study was to compare residential
satisfaction of public housing in Benghazi City, Libya. The specific objectives were
to identify the socio economic background of the respondents to examine the
current housing conditions and types of space available to identify the residential
satisfaction of the respondents; to identify the aspiration of respondents towards
their housing to examine the renovation that have been made on the houses and to
determine the significant factors that contribute to residential satisfaction. A total of
one hundred and sixty-four low income households from two types of houses
namely, single storey terrace houses and flats in Alkish and Alziton areas were
randomly selected and interviewed using questionnaires in this study.
Three hypotheses were tested. The T -test was used to determine the significant difference between types of house and residential satisfaction, and to determine the
significant difference between respondents who built and did not build additional
bedrooms and residential satisfaction. Logistic regression and multiple regression
analysis were used to determine the significant variables that contributed to
residential satisfaction. The results of the study showed that the households were
from low income groups, with large household size and were at an expanding stage
of their family life cycle. Most of the households experienced room deficits. In terms
of residential satisfaction, the services available received the highest level of
satisfaction followed by facilities and housing unit. As .for the evaluation of the
residential satisfaction the Yeh index of satisfaction (YIS) was used. There were
twenty seven items in the Yeh index which received positive index while the
remaining nine items had negative index. Results also revealed that the respondents
who lived in terrace houses were satisfied with thirty two of the items and were
dissatisfied with four items. The respondents living in flats were satisfied with
twenty' four of the items and dissatisfied with twelve items. The Yeh index
confirmed that the dwelling unit was the major source of dissatisfaction. The results
also showed that there was a tendency for the terrace house dwellers to improve their
house when their income permitted, which helped to reduce the space deficit.
The T-test indicated a significant difference between types of housing and
residential satisfaction which implied that those who stayed in terrace houses were
more satisfied with their dwelling. The T-test also indicated there was a significant
difference between respondents who added bedroom and those who did not, with
regards to residential satisfaction. When Logistic regression analysis (logistic model)
is used, it is found that the significant variables that contributed to the residential satisfaction were bedroom deficit followed by respondents plan to move. It is also
found that when multiple regression analysis (non-logistic model) is used the
significantly contributed variables were bedroom deficit, plan to move and age of
eldest child.
The results of this study revealed certain factors that can cause households to be
dissatisfied with their houses. Thus, housing planners should take into consideration
those characteristics identified in their housing planning and implementation.
Alternative future housing designs should help to reduce space deficit especially
among those households who had no other choice but to stay in their present house. |
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