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Table 1 Household demographic and baseline energy information of the 30 households

From: The value of community technology workers for LPG use: A pilot in Shirati, Tanzania

 

Overall

Kabwana

Michire

Mara Region

Mean (s.d.)

Mean (s.d.)

Mean (s.d.)

Mean (s.d.)

Panel A: Demographic

 Household Size (Individuals)

6.1 (2.2)

6.7 (2.1)

5.3 (2.2)

5.9

 Age (Years)

48 (18.72)

43.9 (17.6)

51.4 (19.6)

47 (14.8)

 Age Range (Years)

[21, 90]

[23,90]

[21, 85]

[13, 97]

 Female Main Cook

97%

100%

93%

 

 Occupation

  Cares for Home and Children

23%

13%

27%

a

  Farmer

47%

53%

40%

 

  Business

30%

33%

33%

 

 Marital status

  Single

17%

20%

13%

6%

  Married

60%

60%

60%

70%

  Divorced

0%

0%

0%

8%

  Widow

23%

20%

27%

16%

 Education level

  No Education

13%

7%

20%

21%

  Primary

67%

80%

53%

62%

  Secondary

17%

7%

27%

12%

  University

3%

7%

0%

5%

Panel B: baseline energy usage

 Grid

  Connected to the National Grid

23%

20%

27%

20.8%

  Cost per Month (USD/month)

5.1 (3.7)

3.8 (3.8)

5.9 (4.3)

1.2 (1.2)

 Solar

  Panels

17%

20%

13%

26.6%

  Solar Lanterns

43%

33%

53%

31%b

  Cost per Panel (USD/panel)

60.3 (42.8)

73.9 (67.6)

46.7 (67.6)

38.0 (51.2)

  Installation Fee (USD)

76.0 (64.6)

30.4 (0)

121.8 (0)

 

 Kerosene for lighting

23%

40%

7%

12.3%c

  Liters per Day

0.14 (0.11)

0.14 (0.12)

0.165 (0)

 

  Cost per Day

0.15 (0.07)

0.14 (.07)

0.21 (0)

0.07 (0.1)

 Cooking fuel types

   

Only tracked primary fuel

  Firewood Only

33%

13%

53%

72.9%

  Charcoal Only

13%

20%

7%

23.5%

  Firewood and Charcoal

54%

67%

40%

N/A

  LPG

0%

0%

0%

1.4%

 Charcoal

  Sacks per Month

1.6 (2.25)

2.1 (3.0)

1.0 (.9)

 

  Cost per Day (USD/day) (if using charcoal)

0.4 (0.24)

0.3(0.2)

0.5 (0.26)

0.19 (0.16)

 Firewood

  Cost per Day (USD/day) (if purchasing firewood)

0.52 (0.26)

0.41 (.03)

0.76 (0.15)

0.25 (0.22)

  Hours Collecting Firewood per Day

 Source of firewood

0.83 (0.5)

0.66 (0.6)

0.94 (0.43)

 

  Both Buying and Collecting

37%

33%

3%

 

  Only Collecting

43%

3%

40%

 

  Only Buying

7%

3%

3%

 

  Neither

13%

10%

3%

 

 Total expenditure on cooking fuels

  No Cooking Fuel Expense (i.e., only collecting firewood and no charcoal use)

27%

0%

53%

20%

  Total Cooking Fuel Expense (USD/day) (if purchasing cooking fuel)

0.68 (0.4)

0.73 (0.3)

0.57 (0.4)

0.32 (.25)

  1. aThe Household Budget Survey had different employment categories, but 63.72% of female heads of households were self-employed, 14% were unemployed, never worked, or didn’t know, and 17.5% were unpaid household workers
  2. bThe Tanzanian Household Budget Survey does not parse out solar as systems vs. solar lanterns. This 31% represents Torches or Rechargeable Lamps
  3. cWicks and lanterns