ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION WITH CONDOMINIUM HOUSING: THE CASE OF NEFAS SILK LAFTO SUB-CITY ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

This paper presents the result of housing satisfaction level with condominium residential apartment in Addis Ababa: the case of Nefas Silk Lafto sub-city. Four major Housing satisfaction components identified and measured includes: Physical feature of housing unit, Service provided within the housing area, Public facilities provided within the housing area and Social environment within the housing area. Data came from a structured questionnaire administered through a stratified systematic sampling technique to 394. Three hundred twelve (312) questionnaires were successfully returned & used for analysis, yielding about 79.2% response rates. Data were feed to version 20.00 SPSS computer program and analyzed using descriptive statistics of the mean scores of satisfaction based on a five -point Likert scale. Result of the analysis indicates that residents have generally express nearest to moderate satisfaction with their physical features of the Housing unit, low satisfaction with the service & the public facilities provided, slightly above moderate satisfaction with social environment within the housing area . However, they are dissatisfied with the overall housing environment. Correlation analysis was used to examine statistical significance of the relationship between the overall residential satisfaction with condominium housing unit & the variables. Statistically significantly high and positive relationships were found between the four Variables and overall residential satisfaction. Therefore, studies with big sample size, which encompasses other measuring variables that affect residential satisfaction, were opened to further interested researchers.