Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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This study examines how socio-demographic characteristics influence housing accessibility, mobility, and aspirations among informal sector workers in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria. The study population comprised 162,000 informal sector workers,from which 522 respondents were sampled across Kosofe (180), Ikeja (84), Oshodi/Isolo (170), and Amuwo-Odofin (88). Data were analysed using Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression. Findings reveal that housing outcomes are multidimensional and interconnected, with income, education, age, and marital status emerging as key socio-demographic determinants, although their effects vary across housing domains. Housing accessibility is influenced by education, income, and marital status, reflecting financial capacity and exposure to credit constraints. Housing mobility reflects structural and behavioural dynamics, including tenure insecurity and dissatisfaction-driven relocation, with socio-demographic factors producing diverse effects. Housing aspirations are strongly associated with income, with higher-income respondents showing greater preferences for improved housing quality and homeownership. The study identifies an interconnected pathway in which socio-demographic characteristics shape housing accessibility, which influences mobility and, in turn, informs housing aspirations. However, the relatively low explanatory power of some models indicates the influence of broader structural and institutional constraints, including housing market inefficiencies, limited formal finance, and labour informality. The study recommends inclusive housing finance, affordable and secure housing policies, financial literacy, support for informal savings groups, expanded affordable housing supply, and integrated planning linking housing, employment, and transportation. Overall, improving housing outcomes requires interventions that address both individual socio-demographic conditions and systemic constraints affecting informal sector workers.
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@article{Adeleye2026Socio,
title = {Socio-Demographic Influences on Housing Accessibility, Mobility and Aspirations among Informal Workers in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria},
author = {Oluwatoyin O. Adeleye},
journal = {Covenant Journal of Research in the Built Environment},
year = {2026},
url = {https://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/index.php/cjrbe/article/view/5784}
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