Modeling Household Cooking Fuel Energy Choice in Rwanda

Mushinzimana Isaac; Niyonshuti Emmanuel

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Modeling Household Cooking Fuel Energy Choice in Rwanda

Mushinzimana Isaac, Niyonshuti Emmanuel

Published in American Journal of Modern Energy (Volume 7, Issue 4)

Received: 30 March 2021 Accepted: 29 April 2021 Published: 23 August 2021

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Abstract

This investigation applies a multinomial logit procedure to demonstrate decisions of fuel for cooking in Rwanda. The decisions considered are five fundamental cooking fuels: wood, charcoal, gas, lamp oil and generator; Using the Integrated Household Living Condition Surveys from 2010 up to 2017 (EICVs 2010-2017) data, the study identifies the driving forces that underpin and support the household's decision of fuel for cooking and investigates the fundamental factors that decide decision of essential cooking fuel choices in Rwanda. The descriptive results showed the higher dependency on biomass cooking fuel among Rwandan households with 84.55 percent for firewood usage and 12 percent for charcoal usage for cooking and the result multinomial logit revealed that location of living arrangement, home possession, household size, type of marriage, household income level, and type of habitant play significant role in explaining the probability of cooking fuel choices within households. Further the results show that clean energy is bound to be utilized in urban families, where household with high income more often use LPG compare to others. The study also showed that main stream of household in Rwanda depend on more on non-clean energy while cooking, and this is more pronounced in rural households.

Published in	American Journal of Modern Energy (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajme.20210704.13
Page(s)	61-68
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Cooking Fuel, Household Energy Choice, Multinomial Logit

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Mushinzimana Isaac

Department of Energy Economics, African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
Niyonshuti Emmanuel

Department of Energy Economics, African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

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