The study carried out an examination of the Socio-Economic Characteristics of Property
Owners and Level of Compliance with Building Regulations in Calabar. The major types of data obtained
for the study were data on the socio-economic characteristics of respondents (owners of buildings), such as
income, profession, educational status and level of awareness. These data were obtained from the residents
of the area, Cross River State building regulations of 1984 as amended in 1987 and direct measurement of
building variables considered for the study. Multiple Correlation Statistical analysis was used to show the
relationship between the socio-economic characteristics of owners of buildings and level of compliance
with building regulations. The regression models result shows that there is a relationship between level of
compliance with building regulations and the socio-economic status of respondents at a level of 20.43 per
cent. The model was significant at <0.001 level with an f-ratio of 31.787. From the result of regression
coefficients, given a unit increase in income while holding the effects of profession, educational status, and
level of awareness constant, level of compliance will increase by 0.135 units. Also if the effect of income,
educational status, level of education is held constant and there is a unit increase in profession of
respondents, level of compliance decreases by 0.039 unit. Given a unit increase in educational status while
holding the effects of income group, profession, level of awareness constant, total level of compliance will
increase 0.047 units. In addition, if the effect of income, profession, educational status is held constant, with
a unit change in level of awareness, level of compliance with building regulation will increase by 0.459
units. The result shows that the most dominant socio-economic predictor of compliance with building
regulations is level of awareness, which has to be improved in Calabar