Residents’ Perception of Household Wellbeing on Upland Trees Conservation in Mitigating Flood in Selected Flood-Prone Communities of Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The rate at which household wellness of most inhabitants in flood ravaged communities is alarming due to their vulnerability to flood. Therefore, the study sought examination of residents’ perception of household wellbeing on upland trees conservation, UTC in mitigating flood in flood-prone communities of Oyo state, Nigeria. 4-staged random procedure was used to select 99 residents. A structured questionnaire and interview session were used for information collection. Frequency distribution, percentages, mean scores and ranking were used to explain the objectives while Chi-square was used to test hypotheses. The findings showed that most respondents (68.7%) were female folks with average age of 39 years, married (74.7%), about 72.7% were indigene of the communities and 32.3% of residents had average income of $207.59 on monthly basis. Residents’ perception of living in worsen brick house (M=3.4) ranked 1st with rising its rising dilapidation (M=3.2) ranked 2nd. The Chi-square showed that there was significant relationship between UTC and residents’ perception of worsen brick house (?² = 17.12) and rising dilapidation of brick house (?² = 5.99) at p < 0.05 respectively. Whereas other perception of household wellbeing against UTC were not significant. In conclusion, the study depicts low utilisation which invariably reveals remarkably insignificant use of UTC in mitigating flood in Oyo state, Nigeria.