Energy expenditure and fuel choices among households in the Sidama region, Southern Ethiopia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=b7pro7YrNq" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=b7pro7YrNq</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.8559" target="_blank" >10.32479/ijeep.8559</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Energy expenditure and fuel choices among households in the Sidama region, Southern Ethiopia

Original language description

Using the data from an original survey, we analyse energy use patterns and, in particular, energy use for cooking in households from Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia. Cooking is the main energy-related activity on which households spend money. This expenditure represents 89% of total energy expenditure and a fifth of a household&apos;s total budget. Expenditure on modern energy and electricity represents only about a fifth of an energy budget, whilst fuelwood, a potentially health damaging energy, still prevails as the main energy used for cooking in Hawassa. There are, however, large differences in energy use between urban and suburban areas. While fuelwood and charcoal are the main sources for cooking among the poorest households, and fuelwood is the dominant source for cooking in suburban locations, electricity is the energy source used mainly in urban areas and especially among richer households. Our research is also in line with results found for other countries in sub-saharan Africa. Energy expenditure, as well as the use of electricity for cooking, are both sharply increasing with household income. The effect of income on using fuelwood is the opposite. Large families are more likely to prefer fuelwood and less likely to choose charcoal. Female-headed households are more likely to choose charcoal for cooking; however, if females make decisions about household purchases, they prefer to use fuelwood. Formal education increases the likelihood of using cleaner electricity and decreases the usage of fuelwood. Formal education, alongside income, seems to be the key factor in moving from traditional health-damaging energy sources towards modern and clean energy sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GX19-26812X" target="_blank" >GX19-26812X: Frontiers in Energy Efficiency Economics and Modelling - FE3M</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

ISSN

2146-4553

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

315-324

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85100341146