Determinants of household energy choice for domestic chores: Evidence from the Semien Mountains National Park and Adjacent Districts, Northwest Ethiopia

Debebe, Belete; Senbeta, Feyera; Guta, Dawit Diriba; Teferi, Ermias; Teketay, Demel

doi:10.1016/j.cles.2023.100063

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“…As the age of household heads increases, the odds of using firewood compared to other sources of cooking energy also increase. Similar findings were also found by Debebe et al (2023). However, as the age of household heads increases, the odds of using charcoal decrease compared to other sources of cooking energy.…”

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“…Unimproved solid fuel use contributed 69.1% and 68.6% of household energy cooking choices over the five years 2013 and 2018 despite its harmful effects on the economy's health, productivity, and environmental sustainability. Debebe et al (2023) examined Ethiopia's household energy choice determinants. Descriptive results showed that households' energy utilization pattern is skewed towards biomass fuels, particularly fuelwood (87%), while only a few families use charcoal (32%) and electricity (17%) for domestic chores.…”

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Determinants of Household Energy Use for Cooking in Tanzania

Mhagama

2024

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This article aims to examine determinants that influence the choice of energy fuel for cooking among households in Tanzania mainland. The study employed descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse data from the 2017/18 Tanzania Household Budget Survey. Regarding the main source of energy used for cooking descriptive statistics revealed that the majority (66.5%) of the households use firewood for cooking and 24.6% use charcoal while only 8.8% use other (non-biomass fuels). This indicates that the majority (91.1%) relies on traditional fuel(biomass) for Cooking in Tanzania. Based on Inferential statistics, the chi-square test found that all independent variables except Marital status and income variables were statistically significant predictors of the study dependent variable in Tanzania at a 5 per cent significant level. On the other hand, multinomial logistic model results showed that households with few members, younger heads, male-headed, not employed heads, heads having a higher level of education, located in urban and married heads were less likely to use firewood and charcoal as the main fuel type for cooking than the other types of energy such as electricity, kerosene, industrial gas, coal, generator, and solar. The researcher recommends the use of these findings in formulating appropriate policies to improve access to affordable modern energy to lessen the environmental and health impact of biomass energy use. Keywords: Households Traditional energy, Modern Energy fuel, Multinomial Logistic Model

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