Housing Conditions and Residents Health in the Rural Areas: A Functional Interplay in Ijeda and Iloko Osun State, Nigeria
1Kolawole Abimbola Sunday; 2Eluyele K. Peters & 3Oyelami Kehinde
1Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke
2Department of Estate Management, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke.
3Department of Quantity Surveying, Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke.
Email: akolawole50@yahoo.com ; distinct.ok@gmail .com
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this study is to examine the functional interplay between housing condition and health of the rural dwellers focusing on Ijeda and IlokoIjesa. The data for the study were sourced from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source of data includes the administration of structured questionnaires to 25% of the residents of the two communities. Adopting multistage and stratified systematic sampling methods. A total of 234 questionnaires were administered on the major stakeholders in the study areas. The secondary data were sourced from the local government council office, journal, textbooks, magazines and national population commission officer,the study revealed that the age of the building was found to have significant relationship with the health of residents in Ijeda while the reserve was the case in Iloko. The study further revealed malarial as the most reported ailment followed by dysentery, typhoid and cholera respectively. Significant relationship was found between building type and healthof the rural dweller in Iloko than Ijeda while occupancy ratio had effects on residents of Ijeda. The paper therefore recommends among others that the general public should be enlightened about the causal relationship between housing conditions and health of the residents, enforcement of development control, designing of master plan and implementation of housing policies.
Keywords: Traditional compounds housing conditions, residents’ health, functional interplay, rural communities.
