Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 386-395
Determinants of Accessibility to Markets in Ibadan, Nigeria
Christopher Adesola Wojuade
Department of Transport Management, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, PMB 4000, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Shopping as an activity involves the purchase of daily needs. Easy access to the markets is required to enjoy the numerous products being sold. This study examines the accessibility of shoppers to markets in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study randomly selects 15 out of 59 political wards in the five local government areas that constitute the metropolitan area of Ibadan for survey. The study employed systematic random sampling technique to select respondents in the selected wards for questionnaire administration. A structured questionnaire was administered on one household head in each of the selected buildings for sampling. The total of 883 questionnaire were administered out of which 810 that were properly filled were used for the analysis. The findings reveal that disparity exists in the number and types of markets in different parts of the city. The majority of respondents shop in organized markets although indigenous people prefer to shop in traditional markets while the rich and foreigners shop in supermarkets. The majority of respondents travel up to 8km, spent about 2 hours and commute in public transport on shopping trip. The logistic regression model result indicates that the coefficients of mode of transport (β = 3.157; p ≤ 0.01), distance travelled (β = -2.233; p ≤ 0.01), travel time (β = -1.998; p ≤ 0.01), transport fare (β = 1.333; p ≤ 0.01) and gender (β = -0.504; p ≤ 0.05) statistically and significantly determine accessibility of shoppers to market in Ibadan. The study concludes that shoppers have moderately high accessibility to markets in the study area.
Keywords: Accessibility, Markets, Shopping centres, Shoppers, Commercial centre
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