Makerere University, Department of Population Studies, Kampala, Uganda.
Makerere University, Department of Planning and Applied Statistics, Kampala, Uganda.
J Environ Public Health. 2021 Apr 8;2021:5904201. doi: 10.1155/2021/5904201. eCollection 2021.
Charcoal and firewood contribute to greenhouse gas emissions in rural and urban areas. Although there is information about energy types used for cooking in Kampala urban environment, less is known about the correlates of charcoal and firewood consumption. This study investigated the predictors of charcoal and firewood use for cooking using the 2014 Uganda Census data set. Analysis was conducted on 41,250 households in Kampala City. Multinomial logistic regression model was fitted to predict charcoal and firewood use. Findings indicate that older household heads were more likely to use firewood than their younger counterparts. Charcoal and firewood were more likely to be used in households whose household heads were females, married and formerly married, and lived in dwelling units with two and more rooms. Conversely, chances of using charcoal and firewood decreased with the level of education, living in detached house and flat, and residing in shelter with cement screed or tile/concrete. The findings have several implications including long-term planning for improving formal education conditions, strengthening female empowerment, and upgrading dwelling conditions of the households in Kampala City.
木炭和薪柴的燃烧会导致农村和城市地区温室气体排放。虽然乌干达坎帕拉市区的烹饪能源类型有相关信息，但对于木炭和薪柴消耗的关联因素却知之甚少。本研究利用 2014 年乌干达人口普查数据集，调查了坎帕拉市烹饪用木炭和薪柴使用的预测因素。对坎帕拉市的 41250 户家庭进行了分析。采用多项逻辑回归模型来预测木炭和薪柴的使用情况。研究结果表明，年龄较大的户主比年轻的户主更有可能使用薪柴。女性户主、已婚和离异户主、居住在有两个或更多房间的住宅单元的家庭更有可能使用木炭和薪柴。相反，使用木炭和薪柴的几率随着户主的受教育程度、居住在独立房屋和公寓以及居住在有水泥灌浆或瓷砖/混凝土的住房而降低。这些发现具有多方面的意义，包括为改善正规教育条件、增强妇女权能和改善坎帕拉市家庭居住条件进行长期规划。
