Determinants of home-ownership in Kumasi, Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9849800 |
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| Authors | Alex Boakye Asiedu (0000-0002-7095-5465, University of Ghana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-88 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7223 • E-ISSN: 1903-2471 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167223.1999.10649425 |
| OpenAlex | W2083186935 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 81–88, 1999 This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of homeownership determinants that makes use of household level data from Kumasi, Ghana. Among the variables investigated, permanent income, represented by household expenditure was the most critical factor influencing the probability of owning a home in Kumasi. Other significant, relevant factors, that reflected the study's a priori expectations, included age and mobility level of the household head. The type of occupation as hypothesised in the study was, however, at variance with the study results indicating the continued importance of cocoa farmers in the city's housing market. It is hoped that the results emanating from the study could be extrapolated to other urban settlements with similar characteristics in sub-Saharan Africa
Business · Danish · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Household income · Human settlement · Socioeconomics · Variance (accounting · Housing Market and Economics · Land Rights and Reforms · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
| Highly cited | No |
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