Will the use of solid fuels reduce the life satisfaction of rural residents—Evidence from China

Zhang, Jintao; Xiao, Yajie; Wu, Qichun; Li, Junlin

doi:10.1016/j.esd.2022.03.006

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“…The use of coal, wood, and other non-clean fuels will reduce residents’ life satisfaction by affecting their physical health [ 3 ]. Atmospheric pollution from combustion, such as PM2.5 and sulfur dioxide, increases the likelihood that groups exposed to high pollution environments and poor health conditions will fall into the environment–health–poverty trap [ 4 ] and reduce their personal well-being [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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Clean Household Energy Consumption and Residents’ Well-Being: Empirical Analysis and Mechanism Test

Ren¹,

Liu²,

Li³

et al. 2022

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Improving well-being is a critical problem for worldwide social progress. Research on well-being effects of clean household energy consumption is of great significance for the realization of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Due to the multifaceted role of clean household energy in enhancing well-being as a sustainable development goal, it has attracted extensive academic attention and research but still needs to be further refined through new perspectives. This paper uses data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study to conduct an empirical analysis of clean household energy consumption and residents’ well-being using an ordered probit model, the instrumental variables method, a conditional mixed process (CMP) method, and a mechanism analysis model. The results show that (1) household clean energy consumption contributes to residents’ well-being, and the results remained significant after selecting “Do you have an electric Bicycle?” as an instrumental variable to address the endogeneity question. (2) According to heterogeneity research, women’s wellbeing is impacted by clean energy consumption in the household more than men’s. Only in rural locations can clean household energy consumption significantly boost well-being; urban and suburban areas are unaffected. (3) In the mechanism analysis, health condition and depression played a mediating role on the impact of clean household energy consumption on well-being, and social contact played a moderating role on the impact of clean household energy consumption on well-being. The findings and policy recommendations in this paper are suggestive of how we can improve the well-being of residents in low- and middle-income countries and provide reference values for research in related fields around the world.

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confidence: 99%

Clean Household Energy Consumption and Residents’ Well-Being: Empirical Analysis and Mechanism Test

Ren¹,

Liu²,

Li³

et al. 2022

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“…Livelihood strategies may also be used to address specific short-term and long-term needs. The use of alternative fuels, such as wood, biomass, or other solid fuels, is a common seasonal and short-term livelihood strategy used to address energy poverty [28,[46][47][48]. Cost reduction through energy conservation or even under-use is widespread [26,49].…”

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“…However, strategies such as mining and unsustainable agricultural practices may not affect poverty or may even increase it [25,45]. Short-term strategies such as solid fuel use can negatively affect air quality, cause burns and injuries, and ultimately affect mental and physical health and life satisfaction [28,47,48]. Thus, not all livelihood outcomes are equal with respect to their effect on poverty.…”

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Factor Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood Potential Development for Poverty Alleviation Using Structural Equation Modeling

Ngamwong,

Darakorn Na Ayuthaya,

Kiattisin

2024

Sustainability

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The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focus on reducing inequality while promoting economic growth, environmental protection, and access to critical services. The latest Multidimensional Poverty Index report shows that Thailand’s Multidimensional Poverty Index has decreased. This study analyzes factors that significantly affect the increase in sustainable livelihood potential development based on 37 indicators determined from a relevant questionnaire. The sample size was 17,536 households from 3612 villages and 193 districts, covering 20 provinces of Thailand, which is a region with a low Human Achievement Index (HAI). The data are analyzed and processed using structural equation modeling (SEM) statistical methods in order to confirm the factor structure and indicate the appropriateness of the empirical data according to the required criteria. It is found that sustainable living potential development includes 5 dimensions based on 37 indicators in Thailand, with natural capital being the most important, followed by human capital, financial capital, social capital, and physical capital. This research is expected to help community leaders or local agencies to prioritize projects or activities that improve the quality of life of people in each locality, including evaluating policies and various interventions, thus enabling the explanation of phenomena and statistical measurements.

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“…A few other national-level studies, predominantly from China, have focussed on subjective wellbeing and specific segments of the population, such as the elderly [36,37], finding that the adoption of clean cooking fuels significantly enhances middle-aged and senior peoples' subjective life satisfaction, or rural residents [38] whose life satisfaction is found to negatively correlate with solid fuel use. LPG is found to support dimensions of wellbeing; however, fuel transitions are complex, multi-dimensional, and dependent on context [19].…”

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Cooking Fuel Choice and Wellbeing: A Global Perspective

Scott,

Nsengiyaremye,

Todd

et al. 2023

Energies

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This paper assesses the relationship between the proportion of the population with primary reliance on different types of fuels for cooking (national averages) and a number of key wellbeing indices. The study uses a data set created from a combination of the Gallup World Poll database and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Household Energy Database. The Gallup database comprises multinational survey data and contains wellbeing indices (Personal Health, Social Life, Civic Engagement, Life Evaluation, Negative Experience, etc.). The WHO database gives the proportion of a population with primary reliance on different types of cooking fuels. In order to understand the relative importance of the choice of cooking fuels in terms of wellbeing, regression modelling is used to control for the effects of demographic variables (income per capita, age, education level, employment, etc.), available in the Gallup database, on the wellbeing indices. The regression analysis results show that clean cooking fuels are strongly influential in health-related indices. By adding access to electricity as an additional predictor variable, the analysis highlights the potential for integrating eCooking into national electrification plans as part of sustainable energy transitions, given that health outcomes appear to be as closely linked to the choice of cooking fuels as to access to electricity.

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Will the use of solid fuels reduce the life satisfaction of rural residents—Evidence from China

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Clean Household Energy Consumption and Residents’ Well-Being: Empirical Analysis and Mechanism Test

Clean Household Energy Consumption and Residents’ Well-Being: Empirical Analysis and Mechanism Test

Factor Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood Potential Development for Poverty Alleviation Using Structural Equation Modeling

Cooking Fuel Choice and Wellbeing: A Global Perspective

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