Effect of women’s socioeconomic characteristics on household fuel consumption in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria

Type Journal Article - Research on Humanities and Social Sciences
Title Effect of women’s socioeconomic characteristics on household fuel consumption in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 3
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 73-78
URL http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133241998.html
Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship of women’s socioeconomic factors and household fuel
wood consumption in Dambao Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, Nigeria. Forty households were
randomly selected from where respondents for the study were obtained. Data obtained from the study were analyzed
by the use of descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The result showed that most of the women in the
study were forty years and below (75%) while literacy among the women was about 92.5%. Over 45% of the
respondents had household size of more than five persons. The study further observed that 97.5% of respondents
used fuel wood solely or complimented with other sources of domestic energy. The quantity of fuel wood consumed
by respondent households was determined by income, age, family size, and marital status of the respondents. It was
recommended that more sustainable ways of consuming fuel wood should be encouraged. Furthermore, other sources
of domestic energy such as kerosene, liquefied natural gas and electricity will need to be introduced to rural women
in order to reduce the rate of loss of the natural forest in the study area.

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