2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.062
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Determinants of household energy use in Bhutan

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“…Educated households are well-informed about the positive attributes of using cleaner fuel sources and the adverse health effects of using biomass for cooking. Rahut et al [13] and Miah et al [9] find similar results in Bhutan and Bangladesh, and confirm that preference for cleaner fuels increases with level of education. While the literature shows that income plays a key role in choosing fuel type, and that households with more income tend to use cleaner fuels, our study finds that income was statistically significant only at 10% while other factors were more significant in the move to cleaner fuels.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 70%
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“…Educated households are well-informed about the positive attributes of using cleaner fuel sources and the adverse health effects of using biomass for cooking. Rahut et al [13] and Miah et al [9] find similar results in Bhutan and Bangladesh, and confirm that preference for cleaner fuels increases with level of education. While the literature shows that income plays a key role in choosing fuel type, and that households with more income tend to use cleaner fuels, our study finds that income was statistically significant only at 10% while other factors were more significant in the move to cleaner fuels.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Households encounter economic, social, cultural, demographic, and environmental challenges in moving from one energy source to another [13]. Their fuel choice can be broadly explained by the energy ladder theory.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some of such studies are: Adeyemi and Adereleve (2016) [Nigeria]; Heltberg (2004); Hosier and Dowd (1987) [Zimbabwe]; Jumbe and Angelsen (2011) [Malawi]; Lay et al (2013) [Kenya]; Nlon and Karimov (2015) [Cameroon]; Rahut et al (2014) [Bhutan]; Reddy (1995) [India], and Rao and Reddy (2007) [India]. In the MNL model, out of j th (j = 1…m) categories of the dependent variable, one category is considered as a reference category and the probability of choosing other categories is compared to the probability of choosing the reference category.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides income, factors such as household size; gender, education level and age of the head of the households; family composition in terms of proportions of female, children and old members; urbanization; availability and accessibility can influence the choice of energy use (Masera et al, 2000;Rao and Reddy, 2007;Heltberg, 2005;Nnaji et al, 2012;Rahut et al, 2014). Distance from markets, the existence of road infrastructures and energy distribution channel also have a direct impact on energy choice (Koswari and Zerriffi, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Collection and use of biomass is largely influenced by socioeconomic and demographic factors of households [17]. Fuelwood from the forest and the village commons is available almost free of financial cost [18] as the society as a whole has traditionally not placed a monetary value on the benefits derived from these environmental resources since they are not marketable [3].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%