Variations in energy use by Indian households: An analysis of micro level data
Variations in energy use by Indian households: An analysis of micro level data
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DOI：
10.1016/j.energy.2006.03.012
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
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9
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Reddy, B. Sudhakara
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作者：
Rao, M. Narasimha;Reddy, B. Sudhakara
本文试图确定影响个人选择特定能量载体的因素，即，木柴、液化石油气、煤油和电力。从经济角度来看，个人选择特定能源载体的倾向取决于他/她的经济地位、载体的可用性和价格、家庭规模以及其他区域和人口变量。出于这个原因，为服务（例如烹饪）选择载体的选择预计会因个人而异。为了评估这一点，该研究使用了1999-2000年全国抽样调查的数据，涵盖了118 000多个家庭，并分别对农村和城市地区进行了分析。一个多项logit选择模型已被应用于估计能源载体的选择决定。研究结果表明，影响个体行为的主要因素有人均收入、家庭规模、户主受教育程度、家庭成员职业以及其他家庭区位特征。研究发现，家庭月收入和家庭规模对选择燃料的概率有非线性关系。(c)2006爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
In this paper an attempt has been made to determine the factors that influence individual's decision to choose a particular energy carrier, viz., firewood, LPG, kerosene, and electricity. From the economic perspective, an individual's propensity to choose a particular energy carrier is determined by his/her economic status, carrier availability and prices, household size and other regional and demographic variables. For this reason, the choice of selecting a carrier for a service (e.g. cooking) is expected to vary among individuals. To assess this, the study uses the 1999-2000 National Sample Survey (NSS) data covering over 118,000 households and analyses the rural and urban areas separately. A multinomial logit selection model has been applied for estimating the energy carrier choice decision. The results show that individuals are influenced by per capita income, household size, educational status of the head of the household, occupation of the household members, in addition to other household location characteristics. It is found that the monthly household income and household size have nonlinear relationship on the probability of choosing a fuel. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.