Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model

In a broad-spectrum, housing affordability issue is interrelated to young professional's well-being. However, this paper deliberated on young professional's housing preference in affordability context by taking into account some attributes of housing preference criteria. Data was obtained...

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Main Authors: Sohaimi,, Nor Suzylah, Abdullah, Alias, Shuid, Syafiee, Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
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Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017
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author Sohaimi,, Nor Suzylah
Abdullah, Alias
Shuid, Syafiee
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description In a broad-spectrum, housing affordability issue is interrelated to young professional's well-being. However, this paper deliberated on young professional's housing preference in affordability context by taking into account some attributes of housing preference criteria. Data was obtained through questionnaire survey among 50 respondents aged between 25 and 35 years old and working in various professional fields in Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive analyses were then undertaken on the data from the survey. The study found that security criterion is the highest priority in housing preferences among the respondents. Having Wi-Fi is the second most important criterion. Additionally, this paper also provides a conceptual review on the Means-End Chain mode
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spelling iium-574102018-01-04T05:39:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/ Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model Sohaimi,, Nor Suzylah Abdullah, Alias Shuid, Syafiee Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila NA Architecture NA1 General In a broad-spectrum, housing affordability issue is interrelated to young professional's well-being. However, this paper deliberated on young professional's housing preference in affordability context by taking into account some attributes of housing preference criteria. Data was obtained through questionnaire survey among 50 respondents aged between 25 and 35 years old and working in various professional fields in Kuala Lumpur. Descriptive analyses were then undertaken on the data from the survey. The study found that security criterion is the highest priority in housing preferences among the respondents. Having Wi-Fi is the second most important criterion. Additionally, this paper also provides a conceptual review on the Means-End Chain mode Malaysian Institute of Planners 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/1/57410_YOUNG%20PROFESSIONALS%E2%80%99.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/2/57410_YOUNG%20PROFESSIONALS_SCOPUS.pdf Sohaimi,, Nor Suzylah and Abdullah, Alias and Shuid, Syafiee and Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila (2017) Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model. Planning Malaysia, 15 (1). pp. 369-376. ISSN 1675-6215 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj
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Sohaimi,, Nor Suzylah
Abdullah, Alias
Shuid, Syafiee
Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila
Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title_full Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title_fullStr Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title_full_unstemmed Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title_short Young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in Kuala Lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
title_sort young professionals' housing affordability through housing preferences in kuala lumpur and a review on the means-end chain model
topic NA Architecture
NA1 General
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/1/57410_YOUNG%20PROFESSIONALS%E2%80%99.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/57410/2/57410_YOUNG%20PROFESSIONALS_SCOPUS.pdf