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A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: The use of solid fuels for cooking is associated with indoor pollution and lung diseases. The objective of the study was to determine the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban South Western, Nigeria. METHODS: We conducted a cross section...

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Autores principales: Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa, Ojo, Ololade Olusola, Ariyibi, Ebenezer Kayode, Kolawole, Tolutope Fasanmi, Ogunleye, Ayodele Idowu
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22826727
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author Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa
Ojo, Ololade Olusola
Ariyibi, Ebenezer Kayode
Kolawole, Tolutope Fasanmi
Ogunleye, Ayodele Idowu
author_facet Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa
Ojo, Ololade Olusola
Ariyibi, Ebenezer Kayode
Kolawole, Tolutope Fasanmi
Ogunleye, Ayodele Idowu
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description INTRODUCTION: The use of solid fuels for cooking is associated with indoor pollution and lung diseases. The objective of the study was to determine the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban South Western, Nigeria. METHODS: We conducted a cross sectional study of households in urban (Ado-Ekiti) and rural (Ido-Ekiti) local council areas from April to July 2010. Female respondents in the households were interviewed by trained interviewers using a semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS: A total of 670 households participated in the study. Majority of rural dwellers used single source of energy for cooking (55.6%) and urban dwellers used multiple source of energy (57.8%). Solid fuel use (SFU) was higher in rural (29.6%) than in urban areas (21.7%). Kerosene was the most common primary source of energy for cooking in both urban and rural areas (59.0% vs.66.6%) followed by gas (17.8%) and charcoal (6.6%) in the urban areas, and firewood (21.6%) and charcoal (7.1%) in the rural areas. The use of solid fuel was strongly associated with lack of ownership of dwellings and larger household size in urban areas, and lower level of education and lower level of wealth in the rural areas. Kerosene was associated with higher level of husband education and modern housing in urban areas and younger age and indoor cooking in rural areas. Gas was associated with high income and modern housing in the urban areas and high level of wealth in rural areas. Electricity was associated with high level of education, availability of electricity and old age in urban and rural areas respectively. CONCLUSION: The use of solid fuel is high in rural areas, there is a need to reduce poverty and improve the use of cleaner source of cooking energy particularly in rural areas and improve lung health.
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spelling pubmed-33968662012-07-23 A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa Ojo, Ololade Olusola Ariyibi, Ebenezer Kayode Kolawole, Tolutope Fasanmi Ogunleye, Ayodele Idowu Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: The use of solid fuels for cooking is associated with indoor pollution and lung diseases. The objective of the study was to determine the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban South Western, Nigeria. METHODS: We conducted a cross sectional study of households in urban (Ado-Ekiti) and rural (Ido-Ekiti) local council areas from April to July 2010. Female respondents in the households were interviewed by trained interviewers using a semi-structured questionnaire. RESULTS: A total of 670 households participated in the study. Majority of rural dwellers used single source of energy for cooking (55.6%) and urban dwellers used multiple source of energy (57.8%). Solid fuel use (SFU) was higher in rural (29.6%) than in urban areas (21.7%). Kerosene was the most common primary source of energy for cooking in both urban and rural areas (59.0% vs.66.6%) followed by gas (17.8%) and charcoal (6.6%) in the urban areas, and firewood (21.6%) and charcoal (7.1%) in the rural areas. The use of solid fuel was strongly associated with lack of ownership of dwellings and larger household size in urban areas, and lower level of education and lower level of wealth in the rural areas. Kerosene was associated with higher level of husband education and modern housing in urban areas and younger age and indoor cooking in rural areas. Gas was associated with high income and modern housing in the urban areas and high level of wealth in rural areas. Electricity was associated with high level of education, availability of electricity and old age in urban and rural areas respectively. CONCLUSION: The use of solid fuel is high in rural areas, there is a need to reduce poverty and improve the use of cleaner source of cooking energy particularly in rural areas and improve lung health. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2012-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3396866/ /pubmed/22826727 Text en © Olufemi Olumuyiwa Desalu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa
Ojo, Ololade Olusola
Ariyibi, Ebenezer Kayode
Kolawole, Tolutope Fasanmi
Ogunleye, Ayodele Idowu
A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title_full A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title_fullStr A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title_short A community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, Nigeria
title_sort community survey of the pattern and determinants of household sources of energy for cooking in rural and urban south western, nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22826727
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