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Patterns and predictors of household fuel choices in Maswa District, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Mwongerezi, Juliana K.
dc.contributor.author Hyandye, Canute B.
dc.contributor.author Safari, John G.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-16T07:56:32Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-16T07:56:32Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation Safari, J. G., Mwongerezi, J.K., & Hyandye, C. B. (2022). Patterns and predictors of household fuel choices in Maswa District, Tanzania. Cogent Social Sciences, 8 (1), 1-13. en_US
dc.identifier.other DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2137963
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/447
dc.description.abstract This study assessed the spatial and non-spatial patterns of household fuel choice and the factors influencing choices using data from rural and urban areas of Maswa District, Tanzania. Household spatial information was collected using a handheld Garmin Trex Global Positioning System to enable modeling and visualization of energy consumption. The Hot Spot Analysis (Getis-Ord Gi*) method was used to map the clusters of different types of cooking fuels. The non-spatial data were fitted to a Multinomial Logit model to estimate the significance of the factors that influence the choice of cooking fuels. A transition from traditional to modern fuels as explained in the “energy ladder” model suggests that with increasing affluence, a progression is expected from traditional biomass fuels to more advanced and less polluting fuels. Contrary to this model, however, multiple-fuel use or fuel stacking was more prevalent than fuel switching. Fuel stacking constituted traditional (firewood, 63.9% of the households), transitional (charcoal, 66.6%), and modern (kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, and electricity, 25.4%) fuels. Demographic and socioeconomic factors were essential in household fuel choices. Overall, bio-fuels are the most common energy sources both in rural and urban areas, albeit at a varying degree of magnitude and significance. These results suggest the need to increase the production of biomass resources and end-use efficiency while promoting the use of clean fuels. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor and Francis en_US
dc.subject Cooking fuel en_US
dc.subject Energy en_US
dc.subject Fuel attributes en_US
dc.subject Fuel choices en_US
dc.subject Spatial pattern en_US
dc.title Patterns and predictors of household fuel choices in Maswa District, Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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