Determinants of household's choice of cooking energy in a global south city

Amoah, Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.05.026

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“…Energy fuel choice is, however, not restricted to affordability and accessibility. Although these may be the most obvious determinants of choice, factors such as age, social norms, and education can influence a household's choice of energy (Amoah, 2019;Trac, 2011;Uhunamure et al, 2017). For instance, old age leads to limited strength and an older person may prefer less labour-intensive energy sources.…”

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Determinants of household energy fuel choice in Lesotho

Mothala

Thamae

Mpholo

2022

J. energy South. Afr.

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The determinants of household energy fuel choice have not been studied in some developing countries, including Lesotho, despite the potential benefits such a study might have for policy design and implementation. This study uses the data collected by Lesotho’s Bureau of Statistics through a national household energy consumption survey of 2017, and a multinomial logistic regression to analyse the determinants of household energy fuel choice in Lesotho. The results indicate that the gender of the household head does not influence the choice of cleaner energy fuels for cooking and water heating. However, the age and education of the household head, household size, level of income, and access to electricity are drivers of energy fuel choice. The older the household head and the larger the household, the less likely it is to adopt cleaner energy fuels. Generally, higher income, access to electricity and a better-educated household head make a household more likely to adopt clean energy fuels. Thus, policies aimed at promoting household income-generating opportunities, effective provision of access to electricity, and investment in education can influence the choice of clean energy use within households. But these policies must be tailored to the unique characteristics of different settlement types, given that the significance of these determinants vary across rural, peri-urban, and urban areas.

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Determinants of household energy fuel choice in Lesotho

Mothala

Thamae

Mpholo

2022

J. energy South. Afr.

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“…Energy is one of the most essential inputs for sustaining people’s livelihood, and without energy, modern life would generally cease to exist (Amoah, 2019; Bakhsh et al, 2020; Clancy et al, 2003). Niez (2010) suggested that lack of access to sufficient and sustainable supplies of energy affects as much as 90 per cent of the population of many developing countries.…”

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“…Many middle- and high-income FHHs satisfy their needs by using energy combinations rather than replacing wood fuels with conventional fuels. Instead of moving up the ladder step-by-step as income rises, most households tend to consume a combination of fuels for cooking purpose depending on many more factors (Amoah, 2019; Bakhsh et al, 2020).…”

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Household Energy Use Among Female-Headed Households in Urban Ethiopia: Key Issues for the Uplift of Women

Ali

2020

Indian Journal of Human Development

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This article examines the linkages between cooking energy and gender based on a study conducted in Arba Minch town of southwestern Ethiopia. It primarily investigates cooking energy end-use within female-headed households (FHHs) residing in the town and specifically focuses on women who disproportionately suffer the impacts of energy accessibility. This study reveals that commercial cooking fuels are increasingly scarce and expensive, and the costs of modern cooking appliances are beyond the purchasing ability of most urban FHHs. Meeting the energy requirements in sustainable manner, thus, continues to be a major challenge that hinders FHHs’ efforts to improve their living situations. The results further show that though the income is an important factor, it is not the only powerful determinant in the consumption of cooking fuels within FHHs. Other socioeconomic characteristics were found to have a significant impact too. This study further examines the relevance of the “fuel stacking” model and finds that the majority of the FHHs, regardless of their economic status, depend on wood fuels as their primary cooking energy source. Even when family incomes rose, complete transition to cleaner fuels has not taken place; instead, it added fuels in the fuel stacking process.

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“…Globally, about three billion people rely on solid biomass fuels to meet household energy demand ( Quinn et al., 2018 ). In sub-Saharan Africa, over 90% of the rural households rely on fuelwood as the main energy source for cooking and heating ( Sulaiman and Abdul-Rahim, 2020 ) while charcoal, which is produced by pyrolysis of fuelwood in kilns, is the principal source of energy for heating and cooking for majority of the urban households ( Amoah, 2019 ). With the projected urban population in the African cities indicating an increase from 30% in 2000 to 60% by the year 2050 ( UN-HABITAT, 2010 ), there is likelihood that the rise in charcoal demand will pose an increasing pressure on forest resources of the rural areas resulting into forest degradation in sub-Saharan Africa ( Sedano et al., 2016 ).…”

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