People, Places, and Health Variations: A Case of Malaria Incidence in Ibadan, Nigeria

  • Yemi Adewoyin Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
  • Aina Thompson Adeboyejo Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
Keywords: Social Wellbeing, Socioeconomic Status, Malaria, Residential Density, Health Variations

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationships between the population’s levels of social well-being and places of residence, and how these underlie the incidence of malaria in a traditional African city. Using a stratified sampling technique with population density as the parameter, a total of 15 localities from the 5 metropolitan LGAs in Ibadan typifying the low, medium and high density residential areas were selected for the study. Questionnaires were administered on 1,084 randomly selected household heads. The data were analyzed using the Chi Square and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) statistics, while the aggregated scores representing respondents’ level of social well-being were correlated with the individual’s household frequency of treating malaria using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation technique. The results indicate that residents of low density residential areas ranked highest in social well-being and had the best health outcomes evidenced by the lowest incidence of malaria among the three residential classes

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Author Biographies

Yemi Adewoyin, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
Department of Urban and Regional Planning15
Aina Thompson Adeboyejo, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Published
2016-09-15