Correlates of Nigerian Polytechnic Students’ Self-Communication in Study Reading

The primary responsibility of a student is to study if he is to attain the high standard in his course. The University of Manchester (2001) released a student’s study reading plan which requested them to engage in one study activity or the other everyday including weekends. One effective way to exhibit and demonstrate such intensive study reading exercise is through the practice of self-communication. Using Ruesch and Bateson’s (2016) seven traits of intrapersonal communication, this study investigated students’ display of self-communication traits before and during examination. The Self Communication Questionnaire was administered on four hundred randomly selected students from four polytechnics. Results showed lower practice of, an insignificant correlation of, and a significant difference between, self communication displays associated with study reading before and during examination (r=.46; t(399)=-6.851; p<.05) . The study concluded that students tended to delay study reading till examinations were imminent and recommended that students’ study reading practices must be regulated and monitored at institutional level to assist students in effective time management in an environment full of co- and extra- curricular distractions. Keywords: Study reading, self communication, intrapersonal communication DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/9-6-05 Publication date:March 31st 201

Socio-Economic Characteristics and Its Effect on Housing and Environmental Conditions: A Case Study of Durumi Informal Settlement Abuja, Nigeria

Informal settlements in developing countries was as a results of housing shortage and policies failure on the part of governments. This study looked at the effect of socio-economic characteristics on housing and environmental conditions in Durumi informal settlement in Nigeria Federal Capital Territory (FCT) (Abuja). The study embraced both primary and secondary source of data, and sample size was 290 while sample frame was 1052 translating to 27.5%. Simple random was adopted for the research technique and procedures. The socio-economic variables considered were marital status, length of stay in the community and educational qualification. The data collected were analysed by chi square, step wise regression analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA).  The stepwise regression results revealed that marital status and length of stay in the community had significant indirect and direct influence on the housing conditions of Durumi residents at t-value = -3.076 (p<0.05) and 2.177 (p<0.05) respectively. The study concluded that, governments should make conscious effort focusing on provision of decent housing for the poor at an affordable rate. This can be achieved through different means such as site and services and compressive housing development. Keywords:Socio-economic characteristics, Informal settlements, Housing and Environmental conditions, and Abuja DOI: 10.7176/JEES/13-8-04 Publication date:October 31st 202