Econometric Analysis On The Choice Of Firewood And Kerosene As Sources Of Energ Among Rural Households And The Environmental Impact In Tanzania: a Case study of Mbeya District Coucil
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University of Dar es Salaam
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This study aimed at making analysis on the choice of firewood and kerosene consumption by households in Tanzania. Data was collected from Mbeya District household selected as a sample for the study. The data was organized and analyzed by using SSPSS version 16.0. Analysis of the study was done through descriptive and inferential analysis. In descriptive analysis frequency table and charts were used. Characteristics of the study variable such as household size, education level of the household’s heads, energy used mostly for cooking and lighting were clearly depicted in form of frequency tables, bar chart and pie charts. The findings indicated that 81.8 percent of household were using fire wood for cooking, 17.2 percent used charcoal, 0.8percent used gas and 0.2 percent used electricity for cooking. Energy used mostly for lighting was kerosene which consisted 40.2 percent of households while 23.8 percent used electricity, 11.5 percent used solar , 0.8 percent used candle and 0.5 percent used generator for getting light. The statistical significance of the relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables were assessed using chi –square test at 5 percent level of significance. This was done before fitting a binary logistic regression and a simultaneous equations model under inferential statistics. At 5 percent level of significance the chi- square test indicated that household size, price of firewood, distance to firewood and price of charcoal were statistically significantly associated with fire wood consumption by households. On the other hand variables like price of kerosene, price of torch, distance to kerosene and distance to electricity were statistically significantly associated with kerosene consumption of the households under chi- square test. Since there were two dependent variables namely firewood consumption and kerosene consumption, then the two logistics regressions were performed separately. Thus under firewood; household size and price of firewood were statistically significant at 5 percent level of significance to electricity source were statistically significantly associated with firewood consumption for cooking by households under a simultaneous equations model were household size, price of fire wood and distance to where firewood is found. Large proportion (81.8 percent)of the sampled population (household) use firewood for cooking in the study area, then it is recommended that the National Environment Committee, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of Energy need to recheck and refine friendly policy that will promote use firewood to conserve the environment.
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Available in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF HD9769.F843N44)
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Energy consumption, Fuelwood, Kerosene, Environmental impact, Mbeya district council, Tanzania
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Nelson, Rashid (2016) Econometric Analysis On The Choice Of Firewood And Kerosene As Sources Of Energ Among Rural Households And The Environmental Impact In Tanzania: a Case study of Mbeya District Coucil, Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam