The Mediating Effect of Housing Search on the relationship between Demographics and Residential Housing Decisions amongst Apartment Households in Nairobi County, Keny

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dc.contributor.authorOmagwa, J.
dc.contributor.authorAduda, Josiah
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-06T11:14:50Z
dc.date.available2015-07-06T11:14:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study sought to investigate the mediating effect of housing search on the relationship between apartment household demographics and four residential owner-occupied housing decisions. Using two-stage cluster sampling, a sample of 196 respondents (owner-occupied households) was studied in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study found that housing search has a mediating effect on the relationship between household demographics and choice of neighbourhood, choice of location of house, source of financing and size of apartment house though the mediation was found to be not statistically significant in each of the four relationships. Consequently, formal housing search behaviour was found not to be a popular mode of alleviating information challenges in the housing market since the study recorded very low levels of housing search in support and in contradiction of empirical evidence from housing markets in the West. The study cites implications to policy and practice, limitations associated with the study and makes suggestions for further studyen_US
dc.identifier.citationAdvances in Management & Applied Economicsen_US
dc.identifier.issn1792-7544
dc.identifier.issn1792-7552
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/13102
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScienpress Ltden_US
dc.subjectHousing Searchen_US
dc.subjectDemographicsen_US
dc.subjectHousing Decisionsen_US
dc.subjectCountyen_US
dc.subjectHousing Marketsen_US
dc.subjectEfficiency of Housing Marketsen_US
dc.subjectApartment Householdsen_US
dc.titleThe Mediating Effect of Housing Search on the relationship between Demographics and Residential Housing Decisions amongst Apartment Households in Nairobi County, Kenyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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