Mixed components: The spatial and socio-economic implications of a wall construction technic for housing upgrade in Ogbomoso Nigeria

This study focuses on mixed components, house upgrading in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examines the spatial and socio-economic implications of wall components resulting from a combination of two or more structurally and physically dissimilar materials in a single residential building. This is with the dual objective of first, examining the popularity and thus, level of acceptability of this as house upgrading technique across the city; and second establishing in which socio-economic class of residents the practice is more prevalent. The study was carried out on 1,247 sampled houses across the three distinct residential zones of the city. Descriptive and inferential analysis of scores show that the strategy is significantly popular among residents in the high, followed by the low, and least in the medium density residential zones of the city.