Electrification and appliance ownership over time: Evidence from rural India

Richmond, Jennifer; Urpelainen, Johannes

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.070

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“…Electrification is in general associated with better housing, increased household equipment, and greater energy services in the household [42,[58][59][60]. We follow the hypothesis that electrification will bring about higher satisfaction with housing.…”

Section: Housingmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…It can be said that, in general, electricity multiplies the number of energy services in the household and is associated with more activities [42,58,59] and extended active time [42].…”

Section: A Overall Time Usementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cooking is one of the most fundamental energy services in households. In the Southeast Asian context, electrification can be associated with better and increased household equipment used for cooking such as rice cookers, refrigerators, mixers, and so on [58]. We state the initial hypothesis that electrification will bring about higher satisfaction with the food eaten in the household.…”

Section: Cookingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly to psychological well-being, there is scarce literature on the use of appliances with possible positive (or negative) consequences on physical health. The most straightforward connection could be the use of refrigerators, which can drastically change the household capabilities to preserve medicines to stabilise fever and other afflictions suffered from injuries or contact with wild animals [58,63,64]. This potential use of electricity to increase the self-reported health levels currently contrasts with the reality within these communities, where herbs and traditional medicines are the preferred way of curing illness or injuries.…”

Section: Physical Health Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is evidence that longer periods unveil changes in the behaviour patterns and particularly gender relations concerning time use [74]. Differences might be brought about after the slow-paced change of lifestyle and the value given to time alone with the use of electronic devices, as noted in other contexts [58], both interesting aspects to explore in further research.…”

Section: A Overall Time Use and Time Alonementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of Rural Electrification on Quality of Life: A Southeast Asian Perspective

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Despite the general agreement about the benefits that electrification brings to well-being, few studies have concentrated on the actual effects of electrification on the diverse non-economic dimensions of quality of life (QoL). In a multi-disciplinary and cross-institutional effort, a group of natural and social scientists have studied three electrification schemes (grid extension, centralised hybrid, and solar home systems) in four rural villages in Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Using a novel approach with scales on several QoL measures (self-reported QoL and five QoL sub-domains; psychological, physical, social, and economic well-being; occupations; and total active time), this article presents an analysis of the effects of rural electrification on human well-being. With original data surveyed in the villages through a baseline prior to electrification and an endpoint several months after, the effects were examined through suitable statistical methods. Overall, we confirmed a positive effect of electrification in self-reported QoL levels as well as psychological, physical, and social well-being. There was, however, a certain reduction recorded in economic well-being. In the sub-domains of QoL, there were no changes after electrification in satisfaction levels concerning time use, time spent alone, housing, and personal safety, but a positive effect on satisfaction levels was observed in cooking. Finally, in terms of occupation, we observed no changes in the total hours dedicated to work and no prolonged active time on usual activities in the household. The findings provide support to the hypothesis of a positive effect on general QoL from electrification, but also suggest more precisely that, for specific QoL sub-domains, the effect might not necessarily exist, or in fact, may be negative. The article concludes by discussing differences determined by cultural aspects and technological limitations in each of the systems under study.

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Section: Housingmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…It can be said that, in general, electricity multiplies the number of energy services in the household and is associated with more activities [42,58,59] and extended active time [42].…”

Section: A Overall Time Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cookingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Physical Health Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Overall Time Use and Time Alonementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Domestic Transition: Progress Towards Decent Living of Households in Low and Middle‐Income Countries

Schilpzand,

Smits

2024

J of Intl Development

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Over the past decades, households have gradually increased their ownership of goods that make life easier and more comfortable, such as furniture, TVs, kitchen supplies, phones, (motor)bikes, and cars. We refer to this development, in which households move from having few durable assets to having many, as the domestic transition. In this study, we argue that this transition reflects the rise towards what could be called a decent standard of living. While this standard has been reached decades ago in affluent societies, the domestic transition has hardly started in the poorest countries. The current paper aims to assess the status of the domestic transition at the level of subnational regions within low‐ and middle‐income countries and to examine how variations in its pace relate to these regions' socioeconomic, demographic, and cultural characteristics. Our analyses reveal that the domestic transition in these regions follows an S‐shaped curve and that the speed of the transition is faster in wealthier, more educated, and urbanised regions with smaller dependent populations.

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Analyzing Trends in Appliance Ownership and the Residential Electricity Consumption in Rural India: A Case Study of Maharashtra State

Maske,

Najeeb,

Rao

2024

Green Energy and Technology

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Electrification and appliance ownership over time: Evidence from rural India

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

The Effects of Rural Electrification on Quality of Life: A Southeast Asian Perspective

The Effects of Rural Electrification on Quality of Life: A Southeast Asian Perspective

The Domestic Transition: Progress Towards Decent Living of Households in Low and Middle‐Income Countries

Analyzing Trends in Appliance Ownership and the Residential Electricity Consumption in Rural India: A Case Study of Maharashtra State

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