Moving or Improving: Housing Adjustment Choice in Kumasi, Ghana
Title:
Moving or Improving: Housing Adjustment Choice in Kumasi, Ghana
Author:
Sinai, Irit
Appeared in:
Housing studies
Paging:
Volume 16 (2001) nr. 1 pages 97-114
Year:
2001-01-01
Contents:
This paper examines housing adjustment choice of households in Kumasi, Ghana. When a household is dissatisfied with its housing, it can choose to move elsewhere, improve the current dwelling, or neither. Using data from a 596-household survey collected in 1996, logistic regressions are used to examine the determinants of this choice. Results suggest that housing satisfaction and quality, plus some household characteristics, influence the choice of undertaking housing adjustment (including moving and improving). When a household decides to adjust, factors affecting the choice between moving and improving are housing conditions, tenure, household characteristics, and using housing for income generation through informal-sector activities.
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