Clean versus dirty energy: Empirical evidence from fuel adoption and usage by households in Ghana
Clean versus dirty energy: Empirical evidence from fuel adoption and usage by households in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1080/20421338.2020.1816266
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发表时间：
2020-10-20
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1.2
通讯作者：
Osabuohien, Evans S.
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作者：
Karakara, Alhassan Abdulwakeel;Osabuohien, Evans S.
关于非洲家庭能源消费的决定因素的研究很少，特别是在加纳。因此，这项研究确定了家庭燃料消费的驱动因素，并审查了两类燃料（“清洁”燃料与“肮脏”燃料）。该研究使用了加纳全国11，835个家庭的人口与健康调查数据。二元分类模型（二元逻辑和二元概率）被用来调查一个家庭是否使用“清洁燃料”或“肮脏的燃料”，这是估计与社会经济变量和空间差异（区域位置）。结果表明，家庭能源消费受社会经济变量的影响，农村家庭比城市家庭更难以采用清洁燃料。此外，男户主家庭比女户主家庭更有可能采用清洁燃料。随着财富状况的改善，许多家庭选择清洁燃料照明，而不是做饭。然而，木炭和木柴等固体燃料仍然是大多数家庭做饭的主要燃料。由于室内污染，使用这些肮脏的燃料可能损害家庭的健康状况。研究报告建议，政策应着眼于为家庭提供清洁和更好的能源。
There are few studies on the determinants of energy consumption of households in Africa, particularly in Ghana. Thus, this study identifies the drivers of households' fuel consumption for domestic purposes and examines two fuel categories ('clean' fuels versus 'dirty' fuels). The study used Demographic and Health Survey data that has a sample of 11,835 households across Ghana. Binary categorical models (binary logistic and binary probit) were used to investigate whether a household uses 'clean fuel' or 'dirty fuel', which are estimated with socio-economic variables and spatial disparity (regional location). The results suggest that households' energy consumption is affected by socio-economic variables and rural households are more deprived than urban households in adopting clean fuels. Also, male-headed households have a higher likelihood than female-headed households to adopt clean fuels. Many households choose clean fuels for lighting than they do for cooking as wealth status improves. However, solid fuels such as charcoal and firewood remain the dominant fuel used for cooking by the majority of households. The use of these dirty fuels could hamper the health status of households because of indoor pollution. The study recommends that policies should be geared towards the provision of clean and better energy sources for households.