Abstract

The main objective of the study is to examine the determinants of urban housing choice in Debre Berhan town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. For this purpose, the study used both primary and secondary data. The data were obtained from 395 household heads selected from four kebeles. A multinomial logit model was used to examine the determinants of urban housing choice. Accordingly, it is found that age, gender, educational level, the price of the housing, years of residence, income of the head and access to credit are the major the determinants of urban housing choice. This study suggests that town administration, zonal and the regional governments should work together with financial institution to provide housing loans to the households so as to construct or purchase house.

摘要

这项研究的主要目的是研究埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区州Debre Berhan镇的城市住房选择的决定因素。为此，该研究使用了主要和次要数据。数据是从395个户主中选出的，这些户主是从四个骨干中选出的。多项式logit模型用于检验城市住房选择的决定因素。因此，发现年龄，性别，受教育程度，住房价格，居住年限，人头收入和获得信贷的机会是决定城市住房选择的主要因素。这项研究表明，镇行政当局，地区政府和地方政府应与金融机构合作，向家庭提供住房贷款，以建造或购买房屋。