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Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria

This paper analyses the determinants of daily temporal behavioural pattern of residents of Ilorin especially the length of time spent on their activities. Data were collected from 500 residents of Ilorin, each of whom completed a time budget diary over one week. Descriptive statistics were...

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Main Author: Moses, Adedokun Olutoyin
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Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2012
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spelling my-ukm.journal.35132016-12-14T06:34:41Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3513/ Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria Moses, Adedokun Olutoyin This paper analyses the determinants of daily temporal behavioural pattern of residents of Ilorin especially the length of time spent on their activities. Data were collected from 500 residents of Ilorin, each of whom completed a time budget diary over one week. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data while Principal Component Analysis was used to test the research hypotheses. The result shows that the activities were fixed in time and three variables: age, income and occupation were the major determinants of the time spent on the activities. The study also shows clearly that the temporal structure of activity in Ilorin is different from what obtains in Western cities where there is flexibility in the usage of time. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3513/1/2.geografia-jan%25202012-Adedokun-nigeria-english-1-edited%2520final.pdf Moses, Adedokun Olutoyin (2012) Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 8 (1). pp. 15-23. ISSN 2180-2491 http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php
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description This paper analyses the determinants of daily temporal behavioural pattern of residents of Ilorin especially the length of time spent on their activities. Data were collected from 500 residents of Ilorin, each of whom completed a time budget diary over one week. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data while Principal Component Analysis was used to test the research hypotheses. The result shows that the activities were fixed in time and three variables: age, income and occupation were the major determinants of the time spent on the activities. The study also shows clearly that the temporal structure of activity in Ilorin is different from what obtains in Western cities where there is flexibility in the usage of time.
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author Moses, Adedokun Olutoyin
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Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
author_facet Moses, Adedokun Olutoyin
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title Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
title_short Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
title_full Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
title_fullStr Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional African City: A case study of Ilorin, Nigeria
title_sort determinants of the structural dimension of daily behaviour in a traditional african city: a case study of ilorin, nigeria
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
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