A Study of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Urbanities and Their Travel Pattern in Nigeria

Samuel Babatunde Adedotun; Nurain Bola Tanimowwo; Rafiu Babatunde Ibrahim

doi:10.25167/ees.2017.44.12

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Vol 17 No 4 (44) (2017)

A Study of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Urbanities and Their Travel Pattern in Nigeria

Samuel Babatunde Adedotun

, Nurain Bola Tanimowwo , Rafiu Babatunde Ibrahim

Economic and Environmental Studies

Sekce: Articles

https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2017.44.12

Abstrakt

This study, examined the relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the urbanities and their
intra-urban mobility patterns in and across six selected cities in Osun State, Nigeria. Primary source of data for this
work is the households across the cities studied. Instruments of data collection were focusing group discussion and
questionnaire administered on the urban residents to investigate the socio-economic characteristics of the
households and their travel patterns. Stratified sampling technique was employed to select two cities each from
large, medium and small urban centres in Osun State. One percent (2133) of the households in the selected cities
was systematically and randomly sampled for data collection. The resulting data were descriptively and inferentially
analyzed using tables, percentages and multiple regression analysis. Analysis reveals a positive relationship between
the socio-economic and travel pattern of urbanites in the cities. The study shows that about 92.5% of the variability
in the observed travel pattern is explained by the socio-economic characteristics of urban residents. The study
concluded with the suggestion that urban planning must be done in such a way that it will enhance effective travel
pattern within and among different socio-economic groups.

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Adedotun, S. B., Tanimowwo, N. B., & Ibrahim, R. B. (2020). A Study of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Urbanities and Their Travel Pattern in Nigeria. Economic and Environmental Studies, 17(4 (44), 831–848. https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2017.44.12

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