ASSESSMENT OF THE VARIATIONS IN QUALITY OF LIFE IN RURAL AREAS OF KANKARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorENWEREM, Ijeoma Blessing
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-28T10:56:53Z
dc.date.available2017-11-28T10:56:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OFMASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study is on assessment of the variations in quality of life in Rural Areas of Kankara Local Government Area Katsina State, Nigeria. The aim of this study is to assess the variations in rural quality of life of the people in the study area. The objectives of the study are to: identify the specific indicators useful for investigating rural quality of life in Kankara LGA, assess the level of variation in rural quality of life in the study area, map the pattern variation in rural quality of life among the people in the study area and examine the factors that are influencing the variation in quality of rural life in the study area. The study made use of primary data collected from field observations and in-depth interview. The eleven wards in the study area were used and 400 respondents were sampled. The descriptive statistical techniques involving calculations of frequency, percentages and tables were used to summarize the data collected. In addition Z-score was employed to show perceptual variations in rural quality of life in the study area. The findings revealed the variations in rural quality of life of the study area. The wards were categorized into three: high, moderate and low. The study reveals that Kankara A and B, Pauwa A and B and Zango wards have high quality of life with Z-values of 11.188, 9.015 and 8.885 whereas moderately advantaged wards were revealed in Burdugau (4.483), Yargoje (Danmaidaki) (3.566) and low quality of life were found in rural wards of Gatakawa (-11.155) Danmurabu (-9.655), Kukasheka (-6.566), Wawar-kaza (-6.460), Ketare (Hurya) (-1.740) and Garaji (-1.740) . Also, the result shows that (33%) were of the view that high level of illiteracy is the major cause of variation and is closely followed by lack of infrastructural facilities (25.8%). The study therefore, recommends the provision of infrastructural facilities in the disadvantaged wards will help in improving the quality of life.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9576
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectVARIATIONS,en_US
dc.subjectQUALITY,en_US
dc.subjectLIFE IN RURAL AREAS,en_US
dc.subjectKANKARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,en_US
dc.subjectKATSINA STATE,en_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE VARIATIONS IN QUALITY OF LIFE IN RURAL AREAS OF KANKARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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