期刊名称：Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International
印刷版ISSN：2454-7352
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：1-9
DOI：10.9734/JGEESI/2016/25397
语种：English
出版社：Sciencedomain International
摘要：This paper examined the various socio-economic attributes of residents such as gender, age, income, length of stay, occupation, household size among others in Seme border settlements of Nigeria using data collected from a survey of 329 randomly selected residents’ in the study area. It also assessed the effects of these attributes on residents’ overall quality of life with a view to determining the implication that the socio-economic attributes have on their well-being of life. Frequency and percentage was used in analysing the socio-economic attributes Multiple Regression technique was used to evaluate the relationship that exists between these attributes and the overall quality of life of residents’. The results of the regression analysis revealed that length of stay in current residence and income among other socio-economic attributes affect the residents ‘overall quality of life in Seme border. The study therefore concluded that residents’ socio-economic attributes does not generally influence the overall quality of life of residents in the border.
关键词：Border region;quality of life;residents;socio-economic attributes
