Housing floor finishes choice-behaviours and motivations
The quality of finishes of housing space is imperative for the achievement of a qualitative living environment. This paper presents a part of the findings of housing interior finishes choices–behaviour and motivation among prospective house owners in Nigeria. The study was conducted within the metho...
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cE-Bs, FAPS, UiTM
2012
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/30507/ http://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs/images/stories/cebs/jabsv2n4jan2012c4.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Summary: | The quality of finishes of housing space is imperative for the achievement of a qualitative living environment. This paper presents a part of the findings of housing interior finishes choices–behaviour and motivation among prospective house owners in Nigeria. The study was conducted within the methodological and conceptual frameworks of Means-End Chain (MEC) and Stated Housing Preference and Housing Choice (SHPHC) models. A questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews were used to generate data which were content analysed. The results showed that 71.95% of the respondents preferred ceramic tiled floor finishes as the various motivational factors. Further research in housing interior finishes choice motivation is required. |
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