TAILIEUCHUNG - Fuel choice behaviour of tribal households: an exploratory analysis

The study recommend that policy initiative should attempt at improving livelihood, subsidized LPG distribution policy, increasing the education level of the household members in tribal household and to create awareness about the environmental cost and health hazard of biomass fuel consumption in order to motivate the people towards the modern fuels. | Fuel choice behaviour of tribal households an exploratory analysis International Journal of Management IJM Volume 11 Issue 2 February 2020 pp. 175 180 Article ID IJM_11_02_019 Available online at http ijm JType IJM amp VType 11 amp IType 2 Journal Impact Factor 2020 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6502 and ISSN Online 0976-6510 IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed FUEL CHOICE BEHAVIOUR OF TRIBAL HOUSEHOLDS AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS Rabinjyoti Khataniar Howly Assam India Shahnaaz Benazir Cotton University Guwahati Assam India Durba Dutta The Assam Royal Global University Assam India ABSTRACT Households fuel choice behaviour for cooking and heating depends upon number of socio-economic and demographic factors. The multinomial logistic analysis expresses choice between three mutually exclusive and differentiated fuels for cooking and heating. The likelihood ratio tests identifies variables like income of the household education level measured in terms of schooling year attended by the household members price of modern fuel etc. as significant variables in determining households fuel choice behaviour. The study recommend that policy initiative should attempt at improving livelihood subsidized LPG distribution policy increasing the education level of the household members in tribal household and to create awareness about the environmental cost and health hazard of biomass fuel consumption in order to motivate the people towards the modern fuels. Keywords Firewood consumption Fuel choice Modern fuel Fuel substitution MNL Health hazard. Cite this Article Rabinjyoti Khataniar Shahnaaz Benazir and Durba Dutta Fuel Choice Behaviour of Tribal Households An Exploratory Analysis. International Journal of Management IJM 11 2 2020 pp. 175 180. http IJM JType IJM amp VType 11 amp IType 2 1. INTRODUCTION The behaviour of fuel choice in the household sector is a complex phenomenon determined by .

• Năng lượng
• Subsidized LPG distribution policy
• Level of the household members
• Biomass fuel consumption
• Fuel choice behaviour
• Likelihood ratio tests