A Regression Analysis of Residents’ Socio-economic and Subjective Wellbeing Attributes in Nigeria Western Border Settlements

Abstract

This paper examined the various socio-economic attributes of residents such as gender, age, income, length of stay, occupation, household size among others in Seme border settlements of  Nigeria using  data collected from a survey of 329 randomly selected residents’ in the study area. It also assessed the effects of these attributes on residents’ overall quality of life with a view to determining the implication that the socio-economic attributes have on their well-being of life. Frequency and percentage was used in analysing the socio-economic attributes Multiple Regression technique was used to evaluate the relationship that exists between these attributes and the overall quality of life of residents’. The results of the regression analysis revealed that length of stay in current residence and income among other socio-economic attributes affect the residents ‘overall quality of life in Seme border. The study therefore concluded that residents’ socio-economic attributes does not generally influence the overall quality of life of residents in the border.