EFFECTS OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, QUALITY AND COST ON CIVIL SERVANTS SATISFACTION WITH ACCOMMODATION IN ADAMAWA STATE
EFFECTS OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, QUALITY AND COST ON CIVIL SERVANTS SATISFACTION WITH ACCOMMODATION IN ADAMAWA STATE
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2011-06
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JUDSON, MASPALMA, ALPHADIA
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ABSTRACT
The study was out to determine the effects of housing opportunity, quality and cost on
civil servants’ satisfaction with accommodation in Adamawa state. To achieve this,
six specific objectives were raised for the study which included; identifying the level
of availability of housing opportunity for civil servants in Adamawa state, to
determine effects of cost of housing on housing satisfaction of civil servants in
Adamawa state. Research questions were formulated in line with the specific
objectives which include among others; what is the level of availability of housing
opportunity for civil servants in Adamawa state, to what extent do the costs of housing
affect the housing satisfaction of civil servants in Adamawa state. Six null hypotheses
were posited in line with the research questions to include; there is no significant
difference in civil servants views on the availability of housing opportunities in
Adamawa state on account of their classification as junior, intermediate or senior civil
servants, there is no significant difference among the junior, intermediate or senior
civil servants views on the quality of houses available to civil servants in Adamawa
state. Related literatures were reviewed in line with the objectives of the study under
six headings. Survey research design was used for the study. The population of the
study was 14,517 civil servants from fifteen (15) State Organizations in Adamawa
state. Four hundred and fifty four (454) were sampled using proportionate sampling
method. A questionnaire developed by the researcher was the instrument used to
collect data from the respondents which was validated by Researchers’ Supervisors in
Vocational and Technical Education department and the reliability estimate calculated
for the instrument was 0.89. Frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the
bio-data of the respondents .Means and standard deviation were also used to analyze
the research questions while t-test, one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used
to test the null hypotheses. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PMMC) statistic
was used to measure the relationship variables. The result of the analysis indicated
significant relationship between civil servants and availability of housing. Among
other findings, there are no adequate housing opportunities for civil servants in
Adamawa State. It was recommended that State Government through Ministry of
Works and Housing should build houses to alleviate the suffering and cost of renting
houses by civil servants in the state to enhance job performance.
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DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
Keywords
EFFECTS,, HOUSING,, OPPORTUNITY,, QUALITY,, COST,, CIVIL,, SERVANTS,, SATISFACTION,, ACCOMMODATION,, ADAMAWA,, STATE.