Opinion poll on Urban Settlement

The objective of the survey is to explore the experiences and difficulties of the people who live in hostel and/or rented accommodation and their opinion on the low cost housing plan.

The survey was conducted in dense hostel area, Hle Dan, Kamaryut township in the month of March 2011 and 213 respondents participated in the poll. For the survey, the significance level (5%) and margin of errors (5%) were applied, and the data were collected by systematic sampling. The data entry was done by Epidata Software and data processing by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software.
The questionnaire was based on the tenants' opinion on rental fees, accessibility of public transportation, and accessibility of market, etc.. The public view on the supportive factors for the development of low cost housing plan, namely, availability of bank loans with lower interest rate to build low-cost houses; sharing the Government cost for low-cost housing plan by means of developing new land and town plan and etc. was also interviewed.

Condition of public services amenities in rented accommodation (N=213)

Public Opinion regarding accommodation and housing (N=213)

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