The Influence of Demographics on Owner-Occupied Housing Decisions: A Case of Apartment Households in Nairobi County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOmagwa, J.
dc.contributor.authorAduda, J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-06T09:35:28Z
dc.date.available2015-07-06T09:35:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study sought to determine if demographics overall have a statistically significant influence on housing decision choices and to ascertain which particular demographics have a statistically significant influence on housing decision choices amongst apartment households in Nairobi County, Kenya. Using a descriptive cross-sectional design, the study sampled 226 apartment households using two-stage cluster sampling with 196 households responding. Using multiple regression analysis (standard) at a significance level of 0.05, the study found that demographics overall have a significant influence on choice of residential neighbourhood (p=0.000) and choice of location of house (p=0.021). Gender, experience and expertise of home owner, composition of household and household expenditure, were statistically significant demographics in explaining choice of neighbourhood decisions; household expenditure levels and expertise of home owner were the only demographics with a statistically significant influence on choice of location of house; the marital status of owner of the house was found to be the only demographic with a statistically significant influence on source of financing decisions; size of family and household expenditure levels were found to be the only demographics with a statistically significant influence on size of house decisions. From the outcome of the empirical investigation, the study makes recommendations to policy and practice; it cites limitations and makes suggestions on areas for further study.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBusiness & Entrepreneurship Journal, vol.4, no.1, 2015, 11-26en_US
dc.identifier.issn2241-312X
dc.identifier.issn2241-3022
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scienpress.com/Upload/BEJ/Vol%204_1_2.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13100
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScienpress Ltden_US
dc.subjectDemographicsen_US
dc.subjectHousing decisionsen_US
dc.subjectCountyen_US
dc.subjectHousing marketsen_US
dc.subjectApartmentsen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of Demographics on Owner-Occupied Housing Decisions: A Case of Apartment Households in Nairobi County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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