TITLE:
Drivers of Fuel Choice for Cooking among Uganda’s Households
AUTHORS:
Vincent Katutsi, Turyareeba Dickson, Adella Grace Migisha
KEYWORDS:
Fuel Choice, Cooking Fuels, Households, New Consumer Theory, Uganda
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Energy Efficiency,
Vol.9 No.3,
September
24,
2020
ABSTRACT: 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.