Research of hostel accommodation in panipat economics essay

In another study conducted in Malaysis, Khozei et al. (2010) examine the factors that predict undergraduate students level of satisfaction with the student hostels of the University Sains Malaysia. The study surveyed a total of 288 students, and the resultant data were analyzed using factor analysis, student t-test and simple percentages.

It was revealed by the study that most of the students prefer the University hostel to private accommodation because of the expensive nature of the private accommodation and possible distraction from homes and that most of the students have stayed in the hostel for just one or two years.

Studies of students’ satisfaction with hostel are well documented in international papers, while the few local pieces of literature are most South-Western. The available literature and their gap are reviewed in chronological order.

Within the last two decades, there has been an explosion in student population in Nigeria (Kolawole and Boluwalife, 2016 and Adebisi et al., 2017). This explosion has exerted pressure on the available hostel facilities and most institutions only provide accommodation for first year and final year students.