%0 Journal Article
%T Drivers of Fuel Choice for Cooking among Uganda¡¯s Households
%A Vincent Katutsi
%A Turyareeba Dickson
%A Adella Grace Migisha
%J Open Journal of Energy Efficiency
%P 111-129
%@ 2169-2645
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojee.2020.93008
%X 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.
%K Fuel Choice
%K Cooking Fuels
%K Households
%K New Consumer Theory
%K Uganda
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=103100