Modeling Fuel Choice among Households in Northern Cameroon
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data Source and Descriptive Statistics
Mean | Standard Deviation | Min. | Max. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Monthly income of HH (XAF) | 104,084 | 212,921 | 5000 | 4,500,000 |
Electricity price (XAF per kilowatt hour) | 53 | 7 | 50 | 80 |
Kerosene price (XAF per liter) | 259 | 14 | 239 | 290 |
Firewood price (XAF per kilogram) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
Age of the HH head | 47 | 14 | 19 | 98 |
HH head has primary education | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
HH head has secondary education | 0.13 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
HH head works in paid job | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
HH head’s wish in getting gas cylinder | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
HH head lives in traditional house | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Gender (1 = male) | 0.81 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
3. Model and Estimation Methods
4. Results and Discussion
Alternatives in Ascending Order: Firewood, Kerosene, LPG | Coefficients | Standard Error |
---|---|---|
ln(income) | 0.140 * | 0.076 |
ln(electricity price) | −2.276 *** | 0.637 |
ln(kerosene price) | −2.522 ** | 1.152 |
ln(firewood price) | 0.292 *** | 0.107 |
ln(age of the HH head) | −0.460 ** | 0.214 |
HH head has a primary education | 0.316 ** | 0.141 |
HH head has a secondary education | 0.431 ** | 0.195 |
HH head works in paid job | −0.178 | 0.152 |
HH head’s wish in getting gas cylinder | 1.640 *** | 0.152 |
HH head lives in traditional house | 0.286 ** | 0.130 |
Gender (1 = male) | 0.135 | 0.166 |
Log likelihood | −336.384 | |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.2160 |
Firewood | Kerosene | LPG | |
---|---|---|---|
ln(income) | −0.051 | 0.004 | 0.047 |
ln(electricity price) | 0.828 | −0.059 | −0.769 |
ln(kerosene price) | 0.918 | −0.066 | −0.852 |
ln(firewood price) | −0.106 | 0.008 | 0.099 |
ln(age of the HH head) | 0.167 | −0.012 | −0.155 |
HH head has a primary education | −0.118 | 0.007 | 0.111 |
HH head has a secondary education | −0.165 | 0.008 | 0.157 |
HH head plans to buy a gas cylinder | −0.588 | 0.004 | 0.584 |
HH head lives in traditional house | −0.103 | 0.008 | 0.095 |
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix
Alternatives in Ascending Order: Firewood, Kerosene, LPG | Coefficients | Standard Error |
---|---|---|
ln(income) | 0.239 * | 0.135 |
ln(electricity price) | −3.968 *** | 1.142 |
ln(kerosene price) | −4.345 ** | 1.967 |
ln(firewood price) | 0.494 *** | 0.186 |
ln(age of the HH head) | −0.795 ** | 0.365 |
HH head has a primary education | 0.569 ** | 0.242 |
HH head has a secondary education | 0.748 ** | 0.332 |
HH head works in paid job | −0.291 | 0.261 |
HH head’s wish in getting gas cylinder | 2.773 *** | 0.275 |
HH head lives in traditional house | 0.508 ** | 0.227 |
Gender (1 = male) | 0.265 | 0.294 |
Log likelihood | −336.129 | |
Pseudo R-squared | 0.2162 |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleNlom, Jean Hugues, and Aziz A. Karimov. 2015. "Modeling Fuel Choice among Households in Northern Cameroon" Sustainability 7, no. 8: 9989-9999. https://doi.org/10.3390/su7089989