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Socio-economic Correlates and Public Transport Use in Lagos Metropolitan Area of Nigeria
(State and Nation. Journal of Nigerian Sociological Society, 2009) Olajire, Oluyinka Olutola
The socio-economic characteristics are a very important factor of public transport use in the urban environment. The planning of public transport typologies need to consider the socio-characteristics of users. The urban trips have its components in the socio-economic characteristics of the urban population whose understanding would help achieve efficient, effective and reliable urban public transport planning. It is in this light that this study examines the socio-economic characteristic and a public transport typology use in Lagos metropolitan area of Nigeria. The methodology used in this study is self-completion survey method: data were collected on variables of socio-economic characteristics of urban trips maker, as well as, the trip patterns characteristics. the correlation, one sample t-test were use for the hypothesis testing, univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) for subjects interactions effects and stepwise multiple regression analysis were tested on the dependent and the independent variables datasets. The study revealed that socio-economic variables as income, educational background and household size among other influence more the use of BRT for public transport in Lagos metropolis.