PERCEIVED EXTENT OF RURAL INFRASTRUCTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
infrastructural sustainability, project life cycle, Abia State, NigeriaAbstract
The study assessed the extent of infrastructural sustainability in Abia State, Nigeria. A sample size of 108 respondents realized via multi – stage sampling techniques was used. Primary data were generated, using structured questionnaire and interview schedule. Data analysis made use of descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation coefficient. Results revealed that 59.3 % of the respondents were males while 40.7 % were females. Results equally, revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 40 years and that 18.5, 74, 5.6, and 1.19 % respectively of the respondents were single, married, divorced / separated and widowed respectively. About 35.2, 44.4, 9.3, and 11.1 % of the respondents were farmers, traders, civil servants, and others respectively. Results further revealed that 88.9 % of the respondents were literates, and earned a mean monthly income of ₦33,648.148 and a mean household size of about 4 persons respectively. The awareness level of the respondents on different dimensions of infrastructural sustainability was slightly high (55 %), while the practice level was low (1.86). Results equally revealed that the limiting factors to infrastructural sustainability were that of not involving the beneficiaries in all the stages of the project life cycle participation. H01 was rejected and the alternative accepted, Гs= 0.96 which signifies that there was very high and positive relationship between awareness level and practice level. The study recommends that policy makers and other stakeholders in infrastructural development should ensure that the beneficiaries are involved in all the stages of project life cycle participations, mostly in the study area.
JEL: R10, O18, Q01, Q56
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