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dc.contributor.advisorMsweli, Pumela-
dc.contributor.authorGovender, Lydia Trishaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-11T09:41:56Z-
dc.date.available2022-10-11T09:41:56Z-
dc.date.issued2020-01-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10321/4384-
dc.descriptionSubmitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Philosophy in Quality Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2020.en_US
dc.description.abstractApartheid left a legacy of extreme poverty, high levels of unemployment, and have marred the housing context in the country. This makes South Africa a unique landscape for quality of life research. The aim of quality of life research is to advance human and social development to improve quality of life and standards of living. The aim of this study is to analyse the quality of life of people living in urban, formal, lowcost housing settlements, through a case study of Mount Moriah in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The study analysed how the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) housing project improved the quality of life of RDP beneficiaries. The study utilised a quantitative methodology approach. The quantitative design took the form of a questionnaire with close-ended questions and served as an instrument of data collection. The questionnaire was administered to the housing beneficiaries in the Mount Moriah housing project. A total of 110 participants responded to the questionnaire. The data was analysed using the SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive statistics such as tables, frequency, percentage, bar and pie charts were utilised, and inferential statistics such as chi-square test was employed. The findings showed that there were more female-headed households than males; and that the majority of the beneficiaries were Blacks. The findings also showed that unemployment rates and level of crime was high and the majority of the respondents earned below the upper bound poverty line. On the basis of the findings of this study, it is recommended that government implements and promotes socio-economic opportunities and programmes to promote quality of life of people living in urban, formal, low-cost housing settlements.en_US
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dc.subjectUnemploymenten_US
dc.subjectQuality of Lifeen_US
dc.subjectStandards of livingen_US
dc.subject.lcshQuality of life--South Africaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBlacks--South Africa--Social conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshCost and standard of living--South Africaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInformal sector (Economics)en_US
dc.subject.lcshLow-income housing--South Africaen_US
dc.titleAn analysis of the quality of life of people living in urban, formal, low-cost housing settlements : a case of Mount Moriahen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.levelMen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/4384-
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