Neighborhood Deprivation and Self-Rated Health in Lagos State, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorOjikutu, R.K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-13T15:04:30Z
dc.date.available2017-10-13T15:04:30Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionStaff Publicationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the effect of neighborhood deprivation on the perception of the individuals about their own health in Lagos State, Nigeria. Respondents were required to rate their own health as “excellent, very good, good, fair, poor and very poor”. The questionnaire contained questions onvarious aspect of the respondents neighborhood and their perception about them. It was found that most neighborhoods in Lagos State are deprived of basic essentials of life such aselectricity, water, good roads and security. Over 43% of the respondents claimed to have visited a hospital two or more times and 43.7% had lost at least two neighbors in the past one year. Over half (57.8%) of the respondents rated their own health as good, 36.6% ranked their own health as fair while only 5.6% claimed to have poor health. A fitted regression model ( r2 = 0.644) showed that variables such as number of dependants, income, occupation, type ofresidential accommodation, ownership of house, number of rooms occupied, mode and convenience of transportation, accessibility to water, electricity and good roads and security jointly determine the perception of an individual about his own health status.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOjikutu, R.K. (2008), Neighborhood Deprivation and Self-Rated Health in Lagos State, Nigeria. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.2, p. 193-210en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/DSAJ/article/view/1364/1340
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2232
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Publication;
dc.subjectNeighborhooden_US
dc.subjectDeprivationen_US
dc.subjectSelf Rated Healthen_US
dc.subjectSecurityen_US
dc.subjectResidenceen_US
dc.titleNeighborhood Deprivation and Self-Rated Health in Lagos State, Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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