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Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria

This study was conducted with the major aim of conducting descriptive and exploratory analysis on the socio-economic characteristics of households in Bauchi state and their pattern of energy choice and consumption.A total sample of 539 household responses were analyzed which were selected using clu...

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Main Authors: Danlami, Abubakar Hamid, Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Islam, Rabiul
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Published: 2016
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spelling my.uum.repo.203602016-12-18T07:29:37Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/20360/ Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria Danlami, Abubakar Hamid Applanaidu, Shri Dewi Islam, Rabiul T Technology (General) This study was conducted with the major aim of conducting descriptive and exploratory analysis on the socio-economic characteristics of households in Bauchi state and their pattern of energy choice and consumption.A total sample of 539 household responses were analyzed which were selected using cluster area sampling. The analysis indicates that the average monthly household income is USD 220 and the average monthly firewood consumption per a household is about 35 bundles. Moreover, about 70% of the respondents argued that they use firewood as their main source of cooking fuel.For the lighting source of energy, 65% of the households argued that they use electricity as their main source of lighting.Additionally, the correlation analysis indicates that income has a positive relationship with the quantity of energy consumption, while there is a negative relationship between price of a particular source of energy and its consumption. The study suggests that there is a need of a good policy that will reduce the households much dependence on firewood to other cleaner source of energy. 2016-10-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/20360/1/ICOGPA%202016%201%209.pdf Danlami, Abubakar Hamid and Applanaidu, Shri Dewi and Islam, Rabiul (2016) Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria. In: International Conference on Government & Public Affairs 2016 (ICOGPA2016), October 5th - 6th, 2016, School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia. http://icogpa2016.weebly.com/
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Danlami, Abubakar Hamid
Applanaidu, Shri Dewi
Islam, Rabiul
Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
description This study was conducted with the major aim of conducting descriptive and exploratory analysis on the socio-economic characteristics of households in Bauchi state and their pattern of energy choice and consumption.A total sample of 539 household responses were analyzed which were selected using cluster area sampling. The analysis indicates that the average monthly household income is USD 220 and the average monthly firewood consumption per a household is about 35 bundles. Moreover, about 70% of the respondents argued that they use firewood as their main source of cooking fuel.For the lighting source of energy, 65% of the households argued that they use electricity as their main source of lighting.Additionally, the correlation analysis indicates that income has a positive relationship with the quantity of energy consumption, while there is a negative relationship between price of a particular source of energy and its consumption. The study suggests that there is a need of a good policy that will reduce the households much dependence on firewood to other cleaner source of energy.
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author Danlami, Abubakar Hamid
Applanaidu, Shri Dewi
Islam, Rabiul
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Applanaidu, Shri Dewi
Islam, Rabiul
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title Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
title_short Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
title_full Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Household energy consumption in Bauchi State, Nigeria
title_sort household energy consumption in bauchi state, nigeria
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