HOUSING PREFERENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF MALAYSIAN YOUTHS

Authors

  • Suhana Ismail Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
  • Azima Abdul Manaf Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • Mohd Yusof Hussain Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
  • Noraliza Basrah Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
  • Fatin Umaira Muhamad Azian Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i17.993

Keywords:

Housing preference, youth

Abstract

Housing preferences among Malaysian youths are an important issue because the housing unit prices nowadays are often unaffordable. Malaysian youths confront various challenges nowadays, including marriage, relocating away from home upon graduation, and finding new work opportunities. Youths have developed into the primary section of the housing market who are constantly faced with housing options and decisions. Besides, youths have different preferences for housing characteristics throughout their particular stage of life, which will significantly impact their future lives. Data was gathered from a survey questionnaire answered by 174 Shah Alam youths aged from 18 to 35. This research focuses on identifying the preferred types of houses chosen by youths, involving features such as location, housing price and type of house to live in. The results also showed that the highest-ranked preferred factors were the financial factors, followed by the neighbourhood, location, and design factors.

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2021-10-17

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Ismail, S., Abdul Manaf, A., Hussain, M. Y., Basrah, N., & Muhamad Azian, F. U. (2021). HOUSING PREFERENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF MALAYSIAN YOUTHS. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 19(17). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v19i17.993

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Vol. 19 (2021): PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL : Volume 19, Issue 3, 2021

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