MPJ 2011 n.20

МОНГОЛЫН ХҮН АМЫН СЭТГҮҮЛ Дугаар (367) 20, 2011

FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CHOOSING THE TYPE

OF CONVENTIONAL DWELLING: MONGOLIAN CASE

Myagmarsuren Boldbaatar, PhD candidate,

Department of Economics and Statistics, College of Business and Economics,

Korea University, Republic of Korea

Abstract

This study attempted to determine the factors that influence the choice of the type of dwelling

using the sample from the “Urban Poverty and in-Migration” survey, which was conducted by Population

Teaching and Research Center at School of Economic Studies, National University of Mongolia in 2004.

Regression models for categorical data such as Ordered Logit andMultinominal Logit models were utilized

to answer the research question under consideration. Due to the data availability, ten factors were used in

this analysis but during the estimation stage two factors were excluded from the analysis on account of

the statistical significance. It concludes that the factors, namely age, sex and education level of the head

of family, number of person in household, percentage of migrants in household, number of children in

household, total revenue of household per year and percentage of food expenses in total expenditure per

year have significant effect on probability to live in particular type of dwelling. And their effect directions

were exactly same as the common sense.

KEYWORDS: Choice of dwelling, Ordered Logit Model, Multinominal Logit Model

INTRODUCTION

Mongolia is showing progress in overall

economic situation, with economic growth

averaging 6.1 per cent for the recent years.

Nowadays 40.7 per cent of population,

while 38.1 per cent of households are living

in Ulaanbaatar (UB)- the capital city of

Mongolia

Although, economic situation is improving,

the living conditions of the citizens of

Ulaanbaatar have not improved. They are still

living in dwelling which have no basic living

facilities such as centralized drinking water

system, indoor flush toilet and centralized

sewage water system. According to the data

of Statistical Office of Ulaanbaatar in 2009,

the 39.2 per cent of UB households are living

Apartment

, 33.8 per cent of households are

living in

House

, 26.4 percent of households are

living in

Ger

and 0.6 per cent of households

are homeless.

I should clarify here the understandings of

the words -

Apartment, House

and

Ger

Mongolian case.

“Apartment”

has same

interpretation as other nations but the

“House”

has little bit different. Generally,

Houses

are

NSO, 2010. Mongolia Statistical Yearbook-2009, National

Statistical Office of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar

1-2 floored and have from two

till many

rooms; the only difference is there are no

basic living facilities. The

Ger

is Mongolian

traditional dwelling which is best for nomads,

easy to move, it takes no more than two hours

to pack and put up. If I would describe the

Ger

as a house, it is like single-circle roomed,

moveable house.

I am studying the urban area which is making

to lose the biggest advantage of

Ger

. Thus I

can sort the types of dwelling considering in

living conditions as

Ger, House

and

Apartment

in ascending order.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Taking the data availability into consideration,

I would use intuitive approach mostly to

find out the factors that we are searching for.

For some case, it is convenient to use simple

analyzing method such as correlation.

First, family income would be key factor of

the study. If the family has more income, they

would have more chance to build a new house

or to buy an apartment.

Including kitchen