Drivers of Fuel Choice for Cooking among Uganda’s Households

• 作者: Adella Grace Migisha Turyareeba Dickson Vincent Katutsi
• 来源期刊: 能源效率(英文)
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: Fuel Choice Cooking Fuels Households New Consumer Theory Uganda
• 年，卷（期）: nyxlyw_2020,（3）
• 页码范围: 111-129
• 页数: 19页
• 分类号: TS9

摘要

This paper examines the factors that Uganda’s households consider when making fuel choices for cooking and investigates the key drivers of fuel choice. The study adopts a quantitative cross sectional research design. The dependent variable of the empirical model is a qualitative response variable which defines three mutually exclusive and highly differentiated discrete choices for cooking fuels, namely: the traditional fuel (firewood), the transitional fuel (charcoal), and the modern (LPG & electricity). Results from the study show that the most important drivers of fuel choice for cooking in Uganda’s households are: household income, age of household head, gender of household head, marital status, education levels of household head and location of a household. Results also reveal high dependency of firewood as cooking energy source among households in Uganda.