Households Energy Choice in Ghana

Paul Kwakwa, Edward Debrah Wiafe and Hamdiyah Alhassan

Journal of Empirical Economics, 2013, vol. 1, issue 3, 96-103

Abstract: Energy has become important component in the world today. However, the choice of a particular energy by households has implications on among other things, environmental sustainability. This study examined households’ fuel choice in Ghana since efforts made by government to reduce households’ reliance on firewood and charcoal has not achieved a lot. It was found that respondents used fuels for cooking, warming the house, heating water, lighting, ironing, entertainment, cooling the house and washing amidst some associated challenges. The top three energy type were electricity, charcoal and firewood. A logit regression model revealed that the factors accounting for energy choice included income, education, family size and employment. Based on this, conclusion and policy recommendations are provided.

Keywords: Energy; Electricity; Fuel; Fuel wood; LPG; Ghana; Households (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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